After being soundly defeated by the Italians, the Americans and manager Mark DeRosa are in danger of being eliminated before the quarterfinals.
As always, multiple things can be true.
Team Italy played a whale of a game on Tuesday, upsetting Team USA by a deceptively close final score of 8-6. Michael Lorenzen, starting for the Azzurri, shut down one of the greatest lineups ever assembled, to... [4584 chars]