Backpass: Confessions of a USMNT Skeptic

($) I admit to being less-than-enthusiastic about America's national team. In fact, I may even find myself sometimes doing a Landon Donovan heel-turn for our rivals.

I’m going to admit something to you that I probably shouldn’t say out loud: I don’t really care about the fate of the USMNT.

I think maybe that makes me a bad pundit, or even a bad American. But I just can’t do it. I can’t get worked up about a team that seemingly has zero chance of making it to the Final Eight of the World Cup - this cycle, next cycle, …