sLaMdAnCe: I think you should be proud of USA's ranking. They are a very "young" soccer nation, the real interest came 10 years ago after World Cup 1994.
I could see how they learn from European soccer when i was assistant coach for a youth team a cpl of years ago.
The head coach showed "the Beckenbauer move" to the boys but when i asked him if he knew who "Kaizer Franz" is he shoke his head, i had to find info on the net and print it for them