It all came quickly. First, losses to Mexico and Costa Rica that put Jurgen Klinsmann‘s jeopardy. Then his firing on Monday that led U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati and CEO/secretarygeneral to approach LA Galaxy management about speaking to Bruce Arena. By late morning on Tuesday, Arena was back as U.S. national team coach, a job from which he was fired in 2006 after eightyears on the job.

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