With World Cup exactly 1 year out, USMNT legends say pressure is turned up a notch

The United States Men's National Soccer Team will be the home squad in next year's World Cup, and they could make a big splash.

Eleven of the 16 host stadiums in next year's tournament, which begins exactly one year from Wednesday, are in the United States, with New Jersey's MetLife Stadium hosting the final.

After 1994, Major League Soccer was born, and it goes without saying that the immediate rise of soccer's popularity in the country was exponential.

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But it's seemingly hit a wall in recent years as the USMNT hasn't exactly given Americans a chance to grasp on.

The squad got into the Round of 1...