SI.com · Jun 29, 2019
USMNT Not Falling Into Overconfidence Trap Again in Gold Cup vs. Curacao
The only other time the U.S. men's national team played Curaçao, it was 35 years ago and the nation was known as Netherlands Antilles. Regardless of the perceived talent gap, the U.S. isn't taking its foe lightly–not after the events of 20 months ago.
PHILADELPHIA — Granted, you need to dig pretty deep to find a silver lining to the U.S. men's national team’s World Cup qualifying humiliation in the fall of 2017. But if you drill down far enough, you might find something about the perils of overconfidence.