What are you talking about?
Each of the sports you mentioned -- ESPECIALLY BASKETBALL -- is notoriously corrupt at the youth elite level. Indeed, you could make the case that the very corruption inherent in high-level AAU basketball is what attracts low-income, elite-level athletes to the sport. If we had that kind of payola available in soccer, you'd see a completely different demographic.
THAT SAID ... The USMNT lost 2-1 on the road against a program many see as a potential CONCACAF World Cup qualifier. The key was set pieces coming off poor fouls.
Am I disappointed? Sure! No matter what the sport or resources available, you must have discipline and focus to win on the road. We didn't have enough.
ONE MORE THING ... If "tiny" Jamaica can dominate men's sprint events at the Olympics, why CAN'T it win a CONCACAF qualifier at home?
It ain't about population, or China would win everything.
