Please don't mistake the amount of luck that went into those results. The ability to consistently challenge top teams is the mark of a top team, not one-off res

Please don't mistake the amount of luck that went into those results. The ability to consistently challenge top teams is the mark of a top team, not one-off results where luck was on your side and against your opponents. Remember, Greece won Euro 2004 but have struggled since, often not even qualifying. Greece are not a good team. Period. By the same token, just because the Netherlands failed to qualify once or because Germany were knocked out in the first round of a world cup, that does not make either a weak team - they just had an off-day. All said, i agree with the original point - i won't be surprised if the USA men's football team is a force to reckon with in the next decade. Same goes for the Canadian men's team.