Debacle Debrief: Inside U.S. Soccer, Stewart's Response to a Qualifying Failure

The U.S. Men's National Team's Future Is Looking BrightPulisic, Dest, McKennie, Adams, and Reyna are a strong, young core for the U.S. Men's SquardThe U.S. Men's National Team's Future Is Looking BrightIt’s quite possible, if not probable, that the players who would’ve helped the USA finally qualify for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament were in Belfast, 5,000 miles away from the action.

It was the evening of March 28, and the senior U.S. national team had just beaten European opposition on European soil for the first time in nearly six years. The late-night celebration took place in one of those bland, beige hotel meeting rooms, where staff and players gathered to watch their U-23…