U.S. men's national soccer team

In a matter of weeks, North America will host one of the world's biggest sporting affairs: the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the Northeast hosting some of the massive men's tournament.Among the 48 teams are the hosts: the United States, Canada and Mexico. Is this the year the Yanks win the championship? They're not big favorites, but compared to the last time the United States hosted the tournament in 1994, the team’s far more prepared.That's what soccer writer, Marist University lecturer and Fishkill, New York’s Leander Schaerlaeckens hones in on in his new book “The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, Or Thereabouts”

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