With a population dwarfed by its two neighbors, Argentina and Brazil; and by Colombia, and even Peru, and Mexico, and European superpowers, Uruguayan soccer’s...
<img alt="Mexico striker Santiago Giménez was silenced by Ecuador at Copa América. (AP Foto/Rick Scuteri)" src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/OCoYJJSan0WkEvJhG.NSkQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-06/f3b67d40-374c-11ef-9cee-9e6f0db64bd8" data-src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/OCoYJJSan0WkEvJhG.NSkQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2024-06/f3b67d40-374c-11ef-9cee-9e6f0db64bd8">Mexico didn't quite crash out of the 2024...
It was dizzying and damaging, disenchanting and self-destructive. For U.S. men’s national team players, Thursday’s 2-1 loss to Panama was potentially haunting. On paper,...