US Soccer spent decades searching for coherence. It found something better

If this incarnation of the US men’s national team has demonstrated anything, it’s that the unusual variety of paths its players have taken to get there is an asset.Photograph: John Dorton/USSFIn 1993, the United States Soccer Federation handed a contract to Rinus Michels. But the Dutch godfather of Total Football, operationalized through his on-field avatar Johan Cruyff, was not hired to coach the national team, or to coach anybody, really.By this time, Michels, who managed the Los A