USMNT's defeat to Belgium exposes the cost of hype and overconfidence in American soccer
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Ray Ratto
16h ago· 6 min readenOpinion
Summary
A critical, sarcastic post-mortem analysis of the US Men's National Team's (USMNT) defeat against Belgium in Seattle. The author argues that the hype and inflated expectations surrounding the team, fueled by casual fans and media, set them up for failure. The piece explores lessons about overconfidence, the gap between American soccer's perceived and actual progress, and the dangers of buying into one's own hype.
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· 3 pulledSo what did we learn this time, kids? Other than the cost of accepting gifts from creepy strangers always being much higher than you think, no matter how much you justify accepting the gift as your due, that is.
That's the first thing, maybe—that when you open the tent to everyone, the quality of the guests necessarily d
It's the hype that kills.
So what did we learn this time, kids? Other than the cost of accepting gifts from creepy strangers always being much higher than you think, no matter how much you justify accepting the gift as your due, that is. Well, in the wake of Monday night’s do
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