The United States will open 2026 FIFA World Cup play against Paraguay on Friday night. Alex Morgan weighed in with her prediction.
"I think that making it to the Round of 16 is probably kind of the threshold for this team," Morgan, who" on Tuesday. "If we make it there, and we advance, that's a huge success.
If we make it there and we don't , I wouldn't say that it's a failure by any means.
" "But I think that that's kind of like the threshold where, like, OK, we're in the U.S. They have that momentum that they should feel — the excitement and that 12th man energy — so now it's kind of leaning into that. And also, using the previous World Cups from those 13 players to be like, 'OK, we've been here; we've done this before. Now, how can we continue to take this team even further?
'""To be honest, I just want to be able to look back on it whenever it's done and have zero regrets and feel like we gave everything as a team. I don't think it's necessary to pick how far we have to go for it to be a success or not. I think there's so many other metrics that we can judge it by. Of course, we want to win the World Cup.
You're never gonna be excited anytime you go out. For us, I just think it's looking back with no regrets and feeling like we left everything out there. If we do that, I feel like we can look back and at least be proud.
" The United States has not advanced beyond the Round of 16 since reaching the quarterfinal and losing to Germany in 2002, the USMNT's second-best World Cup finish behind a semifinal appearance in 1930 (via The USMNT will open 2026 World Cup play against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, at 9 p.m. ET on Friday night. See the full schedule
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