When the final second ticked off the clock at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday afternoon, it didn’t seem real.

Team Europe absolutely dominated Team USA on their way to a 3-0 victory in the opening game of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. Europe scored first less than two minutes into the game and never looked back. Team Europe looked faster, more skilled, and more motivated than the Americans, who were supposed to dominate their way to a 1-0 record entering their Tuesday night matchup with Team Canada.

Group A of the tournament consists of Canada, USA, Europe, and the Czech Republic. It was basically constructed so Canada and USA are the two teams that make it out of the Group and into the playoff round. But now, unless USA wins their last two games of group play (including the game against Canada), that might not happen.

Team USA is in a tough spot, a spot that they put themselves in.

USA looked uninterested and uninspired during the game, and that falls on the players and coaching staff. Many were critical when John Tortarella was hired to be the head coach the USA team instead of a coach with more recent success, like Dan Bylsma or Peter Laviolette. Tortarella’s hard nosed style of coaching worked in the past (including a Cup win with the Lightning in 2004), but hasn’t resulted in the same success in recent years. After the game yesterday, many criticized Tortarella’s decision to keep goaltender Jonathan Quick in the game when USA started to fall behind big, and his decision to make defenseman Dustin Byfuglien a healthy scratch.

The criticism isn’t just with the players and coaches, but USA Hockey management and the way they constructed the team. Instead of selecting the most skilled American born players, which is normal for a best-on-best tournament, USA Hockey assembled a team with a clear top 6 and bottom 6 forward group, leaving off top scorers like Phil Kessel and Kyle Okposo in favor of more “gritty” players like Justin Abdelkader and Brandon Dubinsky. Yesterday, Team USA looked no match for a Team Europe with a roster full of skilled players.

Despite being favored to make the playoff round, Team USA might end up missing the playoff round all together. And they have no one to blame but themselves.