I have Morocco in our office draw. I actually called before picking them. I have them inmy bracket beating Portugal, but not advancing past France. But I will still root for them.
They have only given up 1 goal throughout the cup.
They crushed their qualifying process 20 goals to 1 in the Qualifying Group stage.
No FIFA cup team came out of the group stage with more points than Morocco (including France and Brazil with less group stage points) which tells you how good the groups are in 2022.
The last time they lost was in June (to surprisingly the US). Im a little disappointed that the FOX commentator teams were less prepared for them to arrive as a Dark Horse winner.
Glad they progressed and I think the take away here should be that the US is not as far behind as a Netherlands knockout would make it seem. We are on a competitive path along with many national teams rising to the level of European/South American soccer.
I think the largest obstacle for the USMNT is not finding more talent for the roster in the next 4 years (we will do that). The real obstacle is finding competitive matches to play to keep us sharp (the downside to a free bid for 4 years).