Analysis:After the hype, US World Cup dream collides with football reality
NEW YORK, July 7 : The soundtrack surrounding the United States’ World Cup on home soil was impossible to escape. Television adverts urged fans to believe in miracles. Marketing campaigns promised destiny. Every setback was framed as the prelude to a triumph. But after a 4-1 humbling by Belgium, all that talk of belief gave way to a simpler reality: the co-hosts were beaten by a better team.


