By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Any team can have a bad day at the office, especially when thoseself-proclaimed masters of the game tear through the foyer and boardroom and lunchroom at will, flicking balls here and there as several Brazilians did in that famous Nike airport ad of several yearsago. Tuesday night at Gillette Stadium, the […]
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Klinsmann's Silver Lining Playbook
So, the U.S. got its clock cleaned against Brazil last night, while Mexico, its opponent in the Confederations Cup playoff in Pasadena on Oct 10, was unlucky not to beat World No. 1 Argentina. Where are the silver linings? Well, to be clear, there aren’t many — this was definitely a poor performance. Whether it […]
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USA-Brazil Takeaways: The body language was terrible
If the USA was looking for positives to build upon heading into the winner-take-all game against Mexico Oct. 10 at the Rose Bowl, it sure didn’t find many. What did it learn? Danny Williams can strike a ball, but we already knew that. Only Williams’ goal in the 90th minute spared the USA from suffering […]
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What They're Saying: Jurgen Klinsmann
“What I’m worried in the longer run is to find strikers that on a international level give you a goal every second game at least. This is something where we have problems. We have problems to developa young generation of strikers consistently scoring — in their club teams and then coming into the national team, […]
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Interview | Klinsmann: 'I have no concern' about roster
Addressing for the first time his comments in theWashington Post in which he said “we have a long way to go to educate people on the game of soccer still in this country,” U.S. national team coach JurgenKlinsmann said in an interview with ESPN’s Taylor Twellman he took responsibility for theUSA’s fourth-place finish at the […]
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USA-Brazil Preview: Oct. 10 lineup comes into focus
No team has dominated the USA quite like Brazil, winner of 16 of 17 meetings, including the last nine in a row. But Tuesday night’s friendly isn’t just about ending that losing streak. It’s aboutpreparing for the Oct. 10 Confederations Cup playoff against Mexico. Here are three storylines to follow. U.S. Friendly: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 […]
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Klinsmann makes roster changes for Brazil game
As planned, U.S. national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann has added Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley and ChicagoFire goalkeeper Sean Johnson to his roster for Tuesday’s game against Brazil and goalkeeper William Yarbrough returned to Leon in Mexico. ButClint Dempsey, who scored and assisted in the Seattle Sounders’ 2-1 win over TFC, will stay in […]
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Klinsmann Passes the Buck on USA's Gold Cup Failure
Speaking to the Washington Post ahead of the USA’s friendly against Peru in D.C. on Friday night, U.S. men’s national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, in a wide-ranging two-part interview with Steve Goff, talks about histeam’s disappointment at the Gold Cup this summer, as the USA, which went into the tournament as the favorite, lost 2-1 […]
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Scouting Report: U.S. vets set for return against Peru
The USA plays Peru Friday night in the first of two friendly games as it prepares for the Oct. 10 Confederations Cup playoff game against Mexico. JurgenKlinsmann answered some burning questions about who he wants to play in goal (Brad Guzan remains the No. 1) and at outside back (Fabian Johnson and DaMarcus Beasley). Several more […]
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The great communicator speaks: 'You're uneducated'
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) When Sunil Gulati hired Jurgen Klinsmann in 2011, Klinsmann wasn’t just handed the reins of the men’s national team coach, he was given a bully-pulpit to speak out on what needs to bechanged in American soccer. Like many topics, there is little or nothing you can argue about with Klinsmann. — […]