The issue is that the 25-29 generation is terrible for the United States and that period was terrible developmentally. They redid the developmental structure, but it takes time. That required a reliance on young players (Pulisic, Wood, Arriola, Yedlin) or old players (Bradley, Dempsey, the defense/goalies). That's not what you want. The upside for USA? The young players are good. Pulisic can be a star. Miazga/Brooks/CCV/EPB should provide at least two high quality CBs. Yedlin is really starting to develop. Wood is a good striker. Horvath/Gonzalez are solid keepers. There are a ton of other young players starting to show up in Europe (Sargent, McKennie, Gooch, Perez, Hyndman, Zelalem, Wright, Weah). The future, even given this hiccup, is bright.