I told myself I'd need 24 hours to fully digest the lowest moment in U.S. soccer history before I'd really be willing to attempt to compose coherent thoughts about it.
The reality is that a full day still didn't give me the opportunity to fully come to grips with the reality that there will be a World Cup next summer without an American presence. I guess my shock isn't as meaningful as whatever emotions they're experiencing at Fox, where $425 million doesn't get you what it used to.
Make no mistake, the Americans losing their final qualifier to Trinidad and Tobago and missing out on the World Cup altogether is unquestionably the single-lowest moment in the history of the national program. It is unconscionable that U.S. Soccer can even be in this position.
