sk any USMNT fan where they were when they found out that the U.S. would not be qualifying for the 2018 World Cup and chances are they have a story to tell you. This isn’t a memory that they look back on fondly but it is rather something that was so shocking and so unexpected that it sticks with them. Fans haven’t forgotten that moment of knowing they wouldn’t be going to Russia to watch the Stars and Stripes play.
