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US Soccer spent decades searching for coherence. It found something better

By Leander Schaerlaeckens Jun 24, 2026, 4:00 am116 pts
For years the United States sought a single soccer identity. Instead, its best team emerged from a patchwork of backgrounds, cultures and development paths In 1993, the United States Soccer Federation handed a contract to Rinus Michels. But the Dutch godfather of Total Football, operationalized…

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