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USA 1, Belgium 2: a friendly that tells you more about depth than about dominance

A 2-1 loss in a pre-Gold Cup tune-up exposes the gap between a USMNT squad that has never stopped rebuilding and a Belgian side that still knows how to win ugly.

Daniel Whitmore · Monexus Opinion desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·7 Jul 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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