So how would y'all rate the following in terms of being surprised and it being a bigger story that they didn't make it - US, Italy and Chile? I think the order would be Italy, US, Chile. (I recognize Chile is way better than us, but CONCACAF is basically set up for it to be the US, Mexico, Costa Rica and fill in the blank, which is why we're the bigger story.)
Speaking of Italy going down, I remember a couple of WCs ago when Italy didn't make it out of the 1st round. As time was about to expire, Ian Darke said think of all those Italy fans drowning their sorrows in bars all across New York and New Jersey. I guess he's not a yuge Italy fan.