Speaking to reporters after the final whistle, he said: "No, it had no impact. We've done a good job with this group of allowing outside noise to be outside noise. It's got nothing to do with us as players and getting ready for games.

"It's one of those things. That's the world we live in. We were fully focused on us as a group and as a team and fully focused on the game and not really worrying about what was being said or debated in the outside world."

Anyone who has ever competed at a high level knows that you ignore the outside noise. You focus on the task at hand. You have bad days. Your opponent plays very well.

You insult the USMNT by suggesting they were mentally unable to compete because of noise.

That is an elephant turd comment.