The United States Men’s National Soccer team has been quite interesting over the last 10 years. At first, they were nobodies in the soccer world, until they made Jurgen Klinsmann, a world class coach who led Germany to the World Cup title as a player, their coach and came pretty close to winning a World Cup in 2006 losing in the semi-finals (to Italy, of course). They fired Klinsmann after he completed changed the face of USA soccer in his six-year tenure and instead hired Bruce Arena, a man who has had success as the national coach but not since the late '90s.

With that being said, the debate of whether the United States soccer team will win a World Cup in the next 20 years is still a very hot topic. And personally, I would bet my house, even my life, that they will not win a World Cup in the next 20 years.

Listen, I love America; I was born here, and it's the land of immense opportunity that makes me not want to live anywhere else. However let's face the facts: for men, soccer is just not our thing. The women's team on the other hand, well, that's a different story, I would bet my life they will win a world cup twice in the next 20 years.

To put this argument into perspective, USA’s record with the Big Three (Brazil with five World Cups, Germany with four World Cups, and Italy also with four World Cups) is not very good. They are a combined 5-31-3--which is actually awful. How can one expect a team to win a World Cup when they are 5-31-3 against the three nations that have been in the semi-final of all but two World Cups or in the final of all but three World Cups? There have been 20 World Cups, and Brazil, Germany and Italy have combined to win 13 of them. If USA cannot play well against those nations, then their chances to win a World Cup is minimal.

Another reason why USA will not win a World Cup in the next 20 years is because they do not have a strong enough domestic league or youth program to build upon. Growing up in the USA, it is safe to say nearly all young kids play soccer. However, not many of those kids stick with it enough to make it to the highest level possible. In Europe and South America on the other hand, kids are bred young into world-class soccer players. They are schooled and then taught soccer all within the same facility. Lionel Messi, arguably the best soccer player in the world, was signed by Barcelona at just eight years old, and Barcelona paid his family to move from Argentina to Spain.

After taking these points into consideration, it is hard to argue the fact that the US Men's team is ready to win a World Cup; let's give up on the soccer dream for men and leave it to our dominating women's team. Oh, and one more thing--how does the US expect to win a World Cup where in some states they are preparing to introduce ball-less soccer?