Despite goalkeeper Tim Howard's heroic performance and forward Chris Wondolowski's near miss that would have likely ended the game in regulation, the USMNT were outclassed by a final score of 2-1 in the round of 16.SALVADOR, BRAZIL - JULY 01: Vincent Kompany of Belgium has his shot saved by Tim Howard of the United States during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Round of 16 match between Belgium and the United States at Arena Fonte Nova on July 1, 2014 in Salvador, Brazil.(Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Fast forward to Monday night, and a team of American men that was previously anointed "the golden generation," sat in a similarly stunned fashion after being blitzed by an almost completely different team of Belgians on their home turf in Seattle.BELGIUM EMBARRASSES TEAM USA BEFORE BREAKING OUT TRUMP'S SIGNATURE DANCE CELEBRATION AFTER FOURTH GOALIt begs the question: has anything changed in the last 12 years?I mean, after all, following that loss to Belgium at the 2014 World Cup, many pundits predicted the Americans were on the up and up when it came to soccer, and that a close loss to such a quality opponent meant the USMNT was on the fast track to success.But just three years later, the program bottomed out with an embarrassing loss to Trinidad and Tobago in the last game of the qualifying rounds that kept them out of the 2018 World Cup.USA ADVANCES IN WORLD CUP AFTER CONTROVERSIAL RED CARD VS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINAThe 2022 iteration of the USMNT didn't fare much better, gritting their way through the group stages in Qatar before once again bowing out in the round of 16 to a superior European squad (Netherlands).And now we have this result, a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of a Belgian team in the midst of a fading "golden generation" of their own.Superstars like Eden Hazard, Kevin DeBruyne, and Vincent Kompany who were the engines of those Belgian squads from the 2010s were nowhere to be found on Monday night, but the results were still the same - worse, even.U...