Realistically it’s likely to be somebody like USA or Australia. Countries that already have a strong sporting background but where football/“soccer” is not the leading sport in that country. Those countries could more easily fund developing a major push on developing youth football and their domestic leagues to building a strong national team.
Africa produces some great players but it’s hard to see any one country there ever being able to compete with the sporting infrastructure available in richer countries.
This is the first comment I saw to mention the USA. I’m not sure if we’d be the NEXT non-SA/Euro team to win it, but I do think we’re heading that way in a generation or two. The US is only just seeing the results of actual development programs, and I think the USMNT can only go up from here.
I think Japan is the next big one. They’ve got a golden team right now. If they make the most of it, they could squeak a win out.
Realistically it’s likely to be somebody like USA or Australia. Countries that already have a strong sporting background but where football/“soccer” is not the leading sport in that country. Those countries could more easily fund developing a major push on developing youth football and their domestic leagues to building a strong national team.
Africa produces some great players but it’s hard to see any one country there ever being able to compete with the sporting infrastructure available in richer countries.
This is the first comment I saw to mention the USA. I’m not sure if we’d be the NEXT non-SA/Euro team to win it, but I do think we’re heading that way in a generation or two. The US is only just seeing the results of actual development programs, and I think the USMNT can only go up from here.
I think Japan is the next big one. They’ve got a golden team right now. If they make the most of it, they could squeak a win out.