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Message: <blockquote data-quote="edinburgh_gunner" data-source="post: 127068"><p>USA is far from becomming anything resembling a 'powerhouse' of football.  Yes they've gotten better, and yes those u20 results are encouraging but they don't really mean very much.  I find that age grade results are a very poor indicator of what a national side will be like in the future.  These youth players mature and get better, or fail to progress past the level their currently at.  Sure it's nice to see your youth sides do well, but I'm not caring that we've been beaten by Nigeria and Japan because I know our senior team would beat those sides (and the United States for that matter) and that is the level that counts in my book.  The United States have done nothing, and I don't expect them to do anything for a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>