How USMNT player pool has evolved since 2022 World Cup, and what it means for 2026 - ESPN
As the final whistle blew on its 3-1 defeat to the Netherlands in the 2022 World Cup round of 16, the U.S. men's national team faced a particularly strange 3.5 years. As co-host of the expanded 2026 World Cup, the team was already qualified and therefore wouldn't play another truly meaningful match until the World Cup began.


