"I don't know anyone who would say, ‘No matter what happens, this is what we are going to do.’ That would be silly. We expect to qualify, we expect Jurgen to be the coach, but I don't think anyone can honestly say, 'Regardless of what happens, this is what we're going to do.' It's unrealistic.”

-- U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, speaking at a media roundtable, on whether he could say Jurgen Klinsmann would keep his job as national team coach through the current World Cup cycle. Gulati said he and U.S. Soccer CEO Dan Flynn met with Klinsmann recently to discuss their concerns to "make sure this [recent] string of results and the way we are headed is not the way we are going to be in November, January and beyond." (Washington Post)

"I was at the final games in Chile. Looking at the finalists and seeing what the games were like, we are long way off from what Nigeria and Mali were at and frankly Mexico against Belgium. So that raises some concerns on the player development side, for sure."

-- Sunil Gulati on the disappointing showing of the USA at the Under-17 World Cup, where he said "we thought we had a good cycle and a good group of players." The USA exited without winning a game. (Washington Post)

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