Christian Pulisic was unable to lead the United States into the quarter-finals Maja Hitij - FIFA via Getty Images It was the day the United States’ dreams of going deep in this World Cup were ended.
As recently as June 17, they were riding high. They were 45-27 with a 3 ½-game lead for the best record in the American League. They were only 1 ½ games back of having the best record in baseball.
Offseason injuries are the worst in how they can dramatically change the way things are supposed to go before they even really get started. They stink. And nobody is feeling that more this week than ...