Can the U.S. compete with England at the World Cup? Your questions, answered.

Wales winger Sorba Thomas and U.S. forward Christian Pulisic. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

After an eight-year gap between World Cup appearances, the U.S. men’s national team returned to the global stage with a 1-1 draw against Wales on Monday.

The result left the Americans’ odds of advancing up in the air ahead of Friday’s match against England and the group stage finale vs. Iran on Nov. 29. With that in mind, I took your questions on the U.S. men’s national team’s performance against Wales, the Americans’ chances going forward and anything else you wanted to know about the World Cup in Qatar.

Here are some of the questions I answered:

• How can the U.S. team expect to keep up with England?
• Is Gregg Berhalter the right man for the U.S. coaching job?
• What is the U.S. team’s path to advancing out of the group stage?

Read the full chat below.

Looking for more? Catch up on The Post’s coverage of the World Cup:

• They knew Christian Pulisic’s story before it even began
• USMNT’s Walker Zimmerman is a very good soccer player. He might be a better teammate.
• The USMNT’s Tim Weah, son of soccer royalty, earns the World Cup stage

Thomas Floyd, an editor for The Post’s Sports section, produced this Q&A.