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Why isn't the USMNT producing elite goalkeepers anymore? | Listener Questions

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On today's Listener Questions episode, we're discussing the importance of a good coach vs a good sporting director, the role dual nationals could have played in furthering the USMNT's path at the 2026 World Cup, the lack of elite American goalkeepers and how that came to be, American player development, and the biggest comebacks of all-time.

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