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They underachieve pathetically in Soccer for sure, but 2 of their 4 major sports are basically exclusive to America, and being far and away the most successful country at the Olympics (at least since the USSR split up) means they can't be called underachievers IMO. They didn't take international Basketball and Ice Hockey very seriously historically, and the Olympics was only open to amateurs until the late 80s, hence the Eastern Euro communists cleaning up.
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