After a stilted journey towards an established soccer set-up, the US men's team are ranked 16th in the world.
"The women's game was already successful and doing well, but the excitement and energy that brought really kickstarted soccer again in this country. "Some had already gone abroad and had success in Europe, but that really was the foundation because, only a year earlier, MLS had talked about going out of business and that was the little bit of momentum we needed.Timothy Weah earned the US a point in their opening match against Wales. Pic: USA TODAY Sports
Sasho Cirovski is the university's coach, whose career has spanned decades of growth in the American game.He told Sky News:"The American college system is unique to the whole world. It's the one place in the world where you can combine high level academics with high-level soccer in a residential setting with tremendous facilities.
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