It’s a question that’s often refreshed every year: what’s the next positive step for American soccer? Well, there’s been plenty to celebrate in 2009 for the American footballer. The tidy little run in the Confederations Cup helped matters. And the Americans can firmly slice the final thread of Mexican continental dominance that they’ve slowly been hacking at these past fifteen years with a win at Azteca on August 12. But ask anyone who really knows…