Kay Murray

I think I'm right in saying that in the game against North Macedonia, they outshot

North Macedonia 32-4, something ridiculous like that.

And that speaks to a lack of finishing.

You can't give Baggio or Del Piero 30 shots and not concede six.

And I guess that is where the falling comes down.

You do not have those finishers and you do not have an identity to fall back on.

Not overly surprising.

If we had this conversation earlier in the year, coming off the back of the friendlies of 2024, where the United States beat Uruguay so convincingly, maybe you see them higher up.

But it has been a very disappointing window this time around, in those two games against Portugal and Belgium, where I think Pochettino gave us a whole lot more questions than answers in the last window before the World Cup.

Added to that, with Turkey looking forward to the World Cup, with Turkey qualifying, which they were favourite to into this group, I'll say the same thing as I did when they made the draw.

In that group that includes Australia, Paraguay and Turkey, all four teams fancied themselves to go through, if not top the group.

So even as a host, as you sit right now, I'm not...

Overly confident.

I won't put my neck on a chopping block that the US are going to qualify out of this group.

Given what we've seen over the last week, that is right where they should be.

You know what you're getting from number 26 though?

Not a lot.

As I told you all this week, I think France are going to win it.

Spain and Argentina, second and third best teams in the world.

England, fourth, no question.