Although the team's exit was unceremonious, fans shouldn't let that dampen the overall mood from the 2026 tournament, which was, by and large, a rousing success for the USMNT.From a wins, goals, and overall style perspective, this was the best performance by an American men's team at a World Cup in quite some time, and we have to keep that in mind when judging the experience as a whole.LANDON DONOVAN RECALLS LIFE-CHANGING WORLD CUP MOMENT AMID PLAYERS' 'RESPONSIBILITY' OF GROWING GAME IN USAWith that, we definitely had our fair share of memorable moments, and I wanted to relive some of the best USMNT memories from this magical run at the World Cup.So wash that bad Belgian taste out of your mouth and indulge me as we take a stroll down memory lane from the past month.United States forward Christian Pulisic controls the ball past Paraguay midfielder Andrés Cubas in the first half of a FIFA World Cup 2026 match at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.(Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)Coming into the tournament, many pundits and fans (myself included) were shaky in our confidence regarding this iteration of the USMNT.They didn't exactly enter the tournament on a high note, and their best player, Christian Pulisic, was just coming out of a historic slump.With a World Cup opener against Paraguay looming, a team that had beaten the likes of Brazil and Argentina during qualifiers, many predicted a nail-biter, and a win certainly wasn't guaranteed.That all changed less than seven minutes into the match, when Pulisic split a double team and sent a ball towards the middle of the box, only to have a Paraguayan defender misplay it into the back of the net.GEORGE LUCAS SPOTTED AT USMNT WORLD CUP OPENER WHERE PLAYER NICKNAMED 'JEDI' HELPED DELIVER 4-1 WINFrom that point forward, the rout was on, as the USMNT displayed their class with precision passing and free moving offense that looked completely foreign to anything they had shown on the pitch prior ...