Biden slams US national team, predicts ‘bright future’ leading US in 2026

It has supported the US national team since its inception World CupChairman America🇧🇷 Joe BidenGreg Berhalter congratulated the side for their campaign in Qatar, despite being eliminated in the round of 16 after a 3-1 defeat. Netherlands, this Saturday. He said he was proud of the football delivered in recent days and optimistic about the 2026 World Cup, which will be co-hosted with the United States. Canada And Mexico🇧🇷

“Guys, you have made us proud. We stand up and move forward,” the US president said in a tweet. “A bright future in 2026 and a toast to return home”, he concluded. The next cup will be the second held in a North American country, in 1994, the year Brazil won the title.

Guys, you have made us proud. We get up and keep going.

Here’s to a bright future and 2026. https://t.co/4IAOqFTHhC

— President Biden (@POTUS) December 3, 2022

Biden used his Twitter page to send messages of encouragement from the first games. Before the introduction, a brief phone conversation with players and coaches was shared on the US National Team’s social media. “I know you guys are underdogs, but you have some of the best players in the world on your team and you represent this country,” the president said at the time.

After exiting the Russian Cup in 2018, the United States reached the round of 16 of the current edition, finishing the first leg in second place in Group B, with five points, behind England, with seven. The best campaign in the country’s history at the World Cup was the first edition of the event in 1930. At that time, he was eliminated by Argentina in the semi-finals. Since then, he has never repeated the feat, and he only achieved it in the quarterfinals in 2002.

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