There is an argument I keep seeing online that no international coach should keep his job beyond one World Cup cycle. Logically, there’s a lot for that argument and at the forefront in my opinion is player turnover. Following the United States’ 3-1 loss to the Netherlands in yesterday’s Round of 16 match, all of the speculation now begins on who will coach the USA into 2026 when they co-host the World Cup.
Most international teams aren’t in the situation the United States will be in four years (erm, three and a half years) from now when they literally return the bulk of its core of players who were all under 25 years old from the 2022 World Cup.