Perhaps the premise of "Should" is simply built on the always present "America is better" attitude that we carry.
We have had this way of thinking a long time, whether right or wrong, and often are proven to be wrong.
When it comes to the Olympics, the USA has primarily won the most medals for a long time now. Few countries count among their citizens as many Olympic medalists as the USA.
I don't think that people are inherently or subconsciously thinking "we should have won because that country is *poor, *stupid, *lazy, *brown". I think it mostly falls on American exceptionalism. The funny thing is a lot of Americans who think we are exceptional fail to see how much they are not.
I still see the huge gap that American soccer has to go compared to the rest of the world's football. What was started in the 70's and 80's isn't quite to the point of producing the world's best soccer players, but maybe one day it will. Perhaps one day America can put forth a "dream team" of soccer players and dominate the rest of the world..
Hm I actually agree a lot with the premise, but I think a bit of nuance is needed to address the players on the USMNT team. That US team is made up primarily of players who are not white, so while I agree that US soccer Twitter and pundits (who are mostly white) use language that is dismissive of other CONCACAF nations, I do not think that filters to the players who are just as likely to deal with racism due to their Blackness or American Hispanic heritage playing against those teams. And teams are intensely dismissive about the US men's teams so your point about teams playing against us who SHOULD have one falls pretty flat because tying England or Portugal in WC games got press coverage in those countries that was 100% dismissive of US players in the same vein of racism, elitism, and classism. So yes and no? I love that you started a conversation about it. Keep it up!
Perhaps the premise of "Should" is simply built on the always present "America is better" attitude that we carry.
We have had this way of thinking a long time, whether right or wrong, and often are proven to be wrong.
When it comes to the Olympics, the USA has primarily won the most medals for a long time now. Few countries count among their citizens as many Olympic medalists as the USA.
I don't think that people are inherently or subconsciously thinking "we should have won because that country is *poor, *stupid, *lazy, *brown". I think it mostly falls on American exceptionalism. The funny thing is a lot of Americans who think we are exceptional fail to see how much they are not.
I still see the huge gap that American soccer has to go compared to the rest of the world's football. What was started in the 70's and 80's isn't quite to the point of producing the world's best soccer players, but maybe one day it will. Perhaps one day America can put forth a "dream team" of soccer players and dominate the rest of the world..
Hm I actually agree a lot with the premise, but I think a bit of nuance is needed to address the players on the USMNT team. That US team is made up primarily of players who are not white, so while I agree that US soccer Twitter and pundits (who are mostly white) use language that is dismissive of other CONCACAF nations, I do not think that filters to the players who are just as likely to deal with racism due to their Blackness or American Hispanic heritage playing against those teams. And teams are intensely dismissive about the US men's teams so your point about teams playing against us who SHOULD have one falls pretty flat because tying England or Portugal in WC games got press coverage in those countries that was 100% dismissive of US players in the same vein of racism, elitism, and classism. So yes and no? I love that you started a conversation about it. Keep it up!