[QUOTE="UConnDan97, post: 2365286, member":Even Poland would be salivating at the chance to go through concacaf, and I'm not exaggerating. Lewandoski would have 20 goals in 10 games...[/QUOTE]
"Even Poland ...": Huh? Acknowledging the well-intended facetious remark, other European national teams are likely better examples.
On top of European qualifying's leading scorer, Lewandoski, compare Poland's many well recognized players and European professional teams represented on their roster versus that of the US. Plenty of players in Poland's rapidly improving Ekstraklasa, but also good representation in the Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A, Premiership, etc.
MLS v Ekstraklasa: Reasonable debate on the 2 league's relative merits, but the latter's made tremendous advances in the last decade alone. Increasingly, EuroCup 2012's legacy co-hosted by Poland is reaping good rewards for the Poles.