The biggest threat in the next four years for Team USA, which hasn't lost since 2006, may be the 2014 World Cup, where a wily Spanish team that lost to the U.S. in the last two Olympic gold-medal games will be playing in front of a home crowd.
"Fans are worried Ronaldo won't concentrate on soccer and get lost in the flashy world of Madrid, " said Madrid-based Jeremy Booker of Footballeconomy.com.
But for a country known for its visionary fashion designers and style that is exported throughout theworld it seems like a lost opportunity that some of this couldn't have been opened up via a competition to encourage the very best young designers to be part of the Games.