YOU ARE HEREBY FORGIVEN for believing that Friday's fortuitous 2-1 result against Peru meant that Jurgen Klinsmann's United States men's national team had its shit together, and would give Brazil a run for its money.

Remember that win against the Netherlands a few months back? And that victory over Germany? What about that 1-0 win over Italy in 2012? Weren't those great?

Irrelevant.

A thoroughly outcoached and outclassed U.S. national team capitulated to Brazil, at home, against a team the team that lost 7-1 to Germany, at home, at last summer's World Cup. The final score: 4-1. The final score absolutely flattered the home team. 

Defiant as always, Klinsmann rolled the dice against Brazil on multiple levels.

For starters, he sent the Yanks out in a 4-2-3-1 formation, isolating Jozy Altidore at the tip of the spear—a move that all but doomed the team to failure before the opening whistle. 

Klinsmann also reunited Jermaine Jones and Michael Bradley in central midfield, a problematic pairing because both players want to be box-to-box midfielders and they are rarely on the same page. With a bit of time together to sort things out, this match may have worked. With just a day or two of training? Unlikely.

Klinsmann played Alejandro Bedoya in a defensive midfielder role. Why? Dunno. 

Bedoya played completely out of position and then gets subbed before halftime. Pretty harsh on him unless he's injured. #USAvBRA

— Landon Donovan (@landondonovan) September 9, 2015

And Klinsmann started yet another new pair in central defense, Michael Orozco and Ventura Alvarado.

None of it worked. 

None of it.

Substitute midfielder Danny Williams scored a long-range goal in stoppage time to make the scoreline a little less embarrassing, but make no mistake about it: This was an utter disaster for Klinsmann, Sunil Gulati, and U.S. Soccer.

Jones declined to shake Klinsmann's hand when he came off in the 72nd minute. Was it the heat of the moment, or was he telling us what his heart felt?

Bradley looked indifferent for most of his 79 minutes, and the U.S. captain never quits.

Alvarado seemed spent, demoralized, and devasted by the end of the game.

Where does the U.S. go from here? To the Confederations Cup? 

At the moment, it seems highly unlikely.

John Godfrey is the founder and editor in chief of American Soccer Now.