A World Cup With It All, Just Not U.S.

Superpowers of soccer will face off in Russia, without an American team left behind in qualifying

The World Cup is here—but the United States is not, having failed to qualify. Are you still pumped?

Is it tacky to put it so bluntly? Is it overly American? Parochial? Do I sound like I’m wearing a bald eagle hat? Is it just, you know…rude?

Maybe! Even the casual sports fan knows that, with or without the United States men’s team, soccer’s...