U.S soccer, I am still not convinced, for Obvious Reasons

But on a serious note..While Mr. JW 4th does bring up good points of some players now playing overseas, I am still not convinced U.S. soccer is on the rise. I say this because the way they are playing now and the teams they are beating is something they have been doing for years and years. They have one huge victory and then make their lving off of the Honduras' and Costa Rica's of the world.

I will admit Tim Howard is a great player- goalie, and has performed at a high level on the National Team and on his clubs teams. Oguchi Onyewu going to AC MILAN is great but its not good enough just making the team although in his case it is yet to be seen what he can do, so I will reserve comment until I see his play at AC MILAN.

None of the players mentioned that play overseas have made a name for themselves overseas or gotten that national recongnition and judging from their play have not really benfited from playing overseas, except for Tim Howard, who again is an outstanding player.

As for some of the players mentioned playing overseas, Freddy Adu, yes hes young but does not start for the U.S, Demarcus Beasley does not start for the U.S, Clint Dempsey has some good moments every now and then but for the most part when it comes to big games he dissappears. The best player for the U.S Landon Donovan plays in the MLS, so how much better can U.S fans really expect him to get.

So again im not convinced the team is on the rise, while I do come down harsh on the U.S Soccer team, would I like to see them be able to compete on the world stage, of course. I just do not see it happening.