The fact is USA has always been the underdog over the last decade or so has left them with no expectations or pressure so they have thrived, also they have no stand out star so the team works as a unit... I wouldn't be surprised that if they got a team of stars like England and then then became less effective...
They also have the luxury of two things, alot of dual citizenship or whatever they call it in America, with more latino/south american's in parts of the country that would out number the whole of UK, they also have Italians, Irish, Haitians etc... Plus the money to create an infrastructure to produce homegrown talent, can you imagine the amount of talent they can 'create', the size of America is unbelievable, simplifying it slightly, but all they need to do is create like 30 world class players every decade to be a force in world football and thats out of a country of what 500million people??? It should be possible, they are one of if not the richest country in the world, and also one of the biggest countries in the world, so they can have the the biggest and highest standard facilities they want...
It all starts with making soccer part of American culture, and as soon as they get a homegrown star like Freddie Adu was 'suppose' to be, so American kids can identify with them, then I believe the sport with become more part of American everyday life...
