Unlike in the other leading sports in America, the United States is not the pinnacle of football. Where the best baseball, basketball and American football players in the world will flock to the States, in football (soccer), the process is reversed.
The best U.S. Men’s National Team players are actually leaving their hometowns, travelling across the world, and looking to forge their carers away from North America. For those that have ambitions of being the best in the world, that is what they must do.
This exodus of talent perfectly illustrates the disparity in overall talent between the American and European games.