United States men’s national team head coach Bruce Arena spoke on the phone with reporters on Thursday about the state of the squad following the third and fourth matchdays of CONCACAF 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying.
On the heels of the United States, Canada and Mexico’s joint bid for the 2026 World Cup, Arena did not hold back where he expects U.S. Soccer to be nine years from now.
“In 1994 [when the United States last hosted], I think the U.S. was looked at as this emerging frontier in the game, and FIFA wanted to bring the U.