"My players in '94 had character. [Marcelo] Balboa, [Alexi] Lalas. Only [Landon] Donovan and [Tim] Howard -- maybe [Michael] Bradley -- from today make team back then."

-- Bora Milutinovic, coach of the USA's 1994 World Cup team. Milutinovic, who coached five different World Cup teams, now resides in Qatar, for which he served as "bid ambassador" for its successful campaign to host the 2022 World Cup. The 68-year-old is now adviser at the Aspire Academy, a sporting institute for Qatar’s elite young athletes. (New York Times)