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The worst possible nightmare that the US hadn't made the 2018 World Cup.

Only to realise, it was no dream.

It was a reality.

We had all stood in front of our television screens, in throat constricted disbelief as the

seconds ticked down, and then father-mobile racker results went against us.

And the shell-shot Bruce Arena could only watch his squad flounder impotently around

the field.

Is that reality kicked in on October the 11th?

It was humbling.

It was humiliating and it was enraging in equal measure.

At the time, we really did.

It felt full on darkness on the edge of town.

Our players hadn't just deprived themselves of the life experience of the glory of competing

in the World Cup.

Worst, they'd imperiled the very growth of the game that we all love in the United States.

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