​The United States Men’s National Team entered the 2026 FIFA World Cup with high hopes, boasting arguably its most talented roster yet with a home-field advantage throughout the tournament. Unfortunately, that did not lead to a longer run through the tournament, and fans are not happy.The United States suffered a lopsided 4-1 loss to Belgium in the round of 16, leading Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy to believe that the team “embarrassed” the entire country on the international stage.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe United States entered the World Cup with what is almost certainly its most talented roster to date. However, the result was no better than the past two decades.The United States got off to a strong start to the tournament, beating Paraguay 4-1 and then topping Australia 2-0 to clinch the group. They then pulled out a 2-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the round of 32 to advance to the round of 16. However, that’s where the run ended.The USMNT faced its only real test of the tournament in the round of 16 against Belgium. It was a match that oddsmakers had as essentially a coin flip between the two sides. However, Belgium looked far superior from start to finish, blasting the United States by a final score of 4-1.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPortnoy, by his own admission, has not always been a big soccer fan, but he got very into the team’s run through the World Cup until the blowout loss to Belgium. After that loss, however, Portnoy thinks that the team let the entire country down.“They embarrassed the country. They embarrassed me. They embarrassed everybody who stuck their necks out for them. They didn’t just lose, they looked like they never played the game before,” Portnoy said on Barstool Sports’ Fox Sports 1 show on Monday morning. “The stage was too big. The lights were too bright.“They had no defense. The goalie looked like a deer on ice. It was the most pathetic performance I’ve ever seen from a team that I threw my support behind.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPortnoy claims that the loss set the sport back in the United States “close to 100 years.”“Everything about this game was disgusting,” he continued.Portnoy went on to call out 38-year-old center back Tim Ream, calling him “the old guy.”“What is he doing on the field?” You can’t get a better defender than him?” Portnoy asked. “He’s getting ragdolled all over the place.”While some have been optimistic about the United States’ performance in the tournament after how the team played in the group stage and in the round of 32, winning the group for the first time since 2010 and beating Bosnia and Herzegovina in the first round of the knockout stage, Portnoy pointed out that it was an expanded tournament field, so those wins meant less because they came against easier teams.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“They did nothing,” Portnoy said. “They beat the teams they were suppo