The Washington Post’s long-time soccer reporter, Steven Goff, argues that Sunil Gulati, president of U.S. Soccer since 2006, should step down at the end of his current term, in 2018, andnot accept a fourth term, as he would likely be able to do even if proposed U.S. Soccer rule changes would allow him to stay […]
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New T&T coach gets job by default — and supposedly why Klinsmann said no
After the USA lost its first two games in the Hexagonal, U.S. Soccer fired Jurgen Klinsmann and hired old-hand Bruce Arena. Say what you want about the merits of rehiring acoach who had been fired 10 years earlier, Arena is an accomplished coach, having had plenty of success since leaving the national team with three […]
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The Klinsmann Interlude (Part 2): Total Failure to Acknowledge Latino Presence
By Paul Gardner For decades now, a very special and specific conundrum has been making its presence felt in American soccer. What to do about the growing presence of American-bornLatino players? They can be seen as a welcome addition to the American talent pool. Or they can be seen as a damn nuisance because their […]
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The Klinsmann Interlude (Part 1): A Sorry Experience for American Soccer
By Paul Gardner Sunil Gulati has done the difficult thing, fired his buddy Jurgen Klinsmann — someone he had been relying on to open up a bright new era of winning soccer for thenational team. A relief to be savored. Gulati, a worthy president, should have ditched Klinsmann years ago. His loyalty to the German […]
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MLS Moves: SKC's Vermes: 'I'm exactly where I want to be'
Double-duty for Peter Vermes as technical director and manager of Sporting Kansas City has worked out pretty well, and thus the team has extended his contract. Hired as head coachin September 2009, Vermes led SKC to an MLS Cup title in 2013 in between U.S. Open Cup crowns in 2012 and 2015. He had rejoined […]
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Three goals that killed the American dream of Jurgen Klinsmann
Many and varied are the flashpoints that shaped the national team coaching stint of Jurgen Klinsmann, whoas a player victimized many a defense by his relentless energy and nose for goal. Lacking elegance but brimming with confidence, Klinsmann personified the type of striker notespecially fast nor exceptionally skilled yet wonderfully efficient in the attacking third. […]
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Klinsmann had a long run at the helm
By Mike Woitalla Regardless of what Jurgen Klinsmann may have gotten right or wrong during his nearly five and a half years at the USA’s helm, his tenure wasremarkably long relative to national team coaches around the world. Klinsmann was appointed U.S. national team coach on July 29, 2011. He guided the USA to the […]
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Klinsmann: 'We'll have a tremendous 2017'
A day after he was fired, Jurgen Klinsmann took to Facebook, where he regularly answered questions of fans, to say thanks to fans and his players whose calls and texts of support had been veryemotional. He reviewed his five and a half years in charge and looked ahead to 2017 and 2018. “Hi everyone, thanks […]
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Bruce Arena: 'I would have done this for free'
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 […]
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Bruce Arena is a safe bet compared to the gamble U.S. Soccer took on Klinsmann
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla It was an exciting and hopeful time, when U.S. Soccer hired JurgenKlinsmann in the summer of 2011. The press conference at Niketown in New York City garnered media attention not seen for an American soccer announcement since MLS signed DavidBeckham in 2007. The U.S. national team was not so much in crisis […]