- American soccer still licking our wounds from Tuesday's loss. The US Men's National Team will not be going to next summer's World Cup in Russia. You and I have been bombarded with questions. It's awfully hard to give answers, though.

- Yeah, but everyone is looking for answers. Everyone wants to lay blame. Heads should roll, things to change, fix it and fix it quickly.

But you know what, there is no quick fix. There is no magic bullet, and no one person has all the answers. I don't. You don't, Rob. Sunil Gulati doesn't.

The writer with all the hot ticks doesn't. Twitter doesn't because the system we've built is unique, it is complex, and it is imperfect, just like our nation, but it's better than anything that we have ever had before.

And despite what some people tell you, we don't need to tear it down and start over. The system did not lose the game against Trinidad or win the game against Panama. Our system is not ideal, but MLS academies are starting to produce young talented players, like Kellyn Acosta, like Jordan Morris, like Tyler Adams.

So how do we accelerate this? More importantly, where do we find the money to accelerate it and expand it beyond the MLS clubs? Maybe we should require that every MLS pro club or any pro club in the United States have a free academy from the first division on down.

But you know what, this idea, like all the others I've heard this week, it takes time. And that's not what anyone wants to hear. But it's the truth.

But we will get better, and we will use this failure to come back stronger. Because you know what, the US soccer community, despite all of our differences, our agendas, and our insecurities, has come together again and again and effected positive change. I just hope that it's change that values and builds on the past while demanding a better future.

- Darkest day in American soccer, at least on the men's side, but there is light ahead. And I think we will be a better program because of this, and the World Cup goes on. The party is going to carry on at Red Square in Moscow.