In 2018, the U.S. men’s national soccer team didn’t even make it to the World Cup. It lost a qualifying match 2–1 to Trinidad and Tobago, a team then ranked 99th in the world and has only competed in the World Cup once, in 2006. The gap between the U.S. men’s soccer team and the women’s — which has won half of the eight Women’s World Cups, including last week’s, and dominated the sport for decades — has been made explicit this season by a lawsuit.