U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker's grand plan for a "U.S. Way" sounds at first like talking down from the top. In fact, there's a lot less of it than there used to be.

Chelsea have given up one (1) goal in Fofana’s last six (6) starts, and that one goal was scored by Arsenal, with a man advantage. Incidentally, that goal exploited Fofana’s one major weakness: losing ...