How come Ghana, a third world country with a much smaller population and GDP, and probably less organizational capacity, has eliminated the US twice at the world cup? Granted, the US finally got its revenge, but still...

So I don't think it is just about organization, investment, etc. Probably the biggest is simply the attachment to the sport among ordinary youngsters in unsupervised play.

> Probably the biggest is simply the attachment to the sport among ordinary youngsters in unsupervised play.

But would you say the same about the basketball where the US is dominating both the men and woment tournaments?