Bruce Arena Post Match Press Conference

ETUCKER-A DOMINICAN WHO THINKS HE IS WHITE REMINDS ME OF CHAPELLE WHEN HE THINKS HE IS WHITE LOL JUST CAUSE UR SOCCER TEAM SUCKS…LOL

Posted from  United States

Bruce, run a pizza parlor and make your excuses. But get away from representing the USA, you sound like tanya harding, only worse.

Posted from  United States

Its only soccer. Most of the USA team is foreign anyway. Collin was right this morning on ESPN they should have lost 10-1 not that its a real sport anyway. Who cares it might as well be ping pong.

Posted from  United States

It’s not France ‘98. We got a point this time. Similar, but a slight bit better. Baby steps, or something…

Bruce Arena:
“I think we’re in the top half of teams in this world cup.”

Huh??? He needs to be more a lot more humble. His cockiness makes it really hard to feel any sympathy.

Here’s a theory: Maybe the US should recruit players who come from working class backgrounds, who are used to working and fighting hard in the face of adversity. All these middle-class kids with their soccer mommies don’t seem tough enough to fight back when the chips are down. Maybe I’m wrong, but it’s the impression I get from watching their passionless style.

Posted from  United States

what era???????? Us soccer has NEVER EVER had an era….the US teams sucks and always will suck, the only reason they qualify is because they play countries with no stadiums. Cmon guys lets be realistic, if the game doesnt involve hands than u cant compete. There are soooooooooooooooooooooo many countries that could have competed 35 times better than USA but they didnt make it because they have to play real teams to qualify. sorry guys, USA sucks always has, and unless you keep importing some africans(adu) and some south americans than stick to baseball or football or some thing, just dont talk like USA has ever had a chance this cup. BTW I WON $2500 BETTING AGAINST DIFFERNT MORON USA FANS BECAUSE OF THE USA TEAM, SEE THEY ACTUALLY DID ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted from  United States

I thought Arena came off like a tool.

Still complaining about the seeding process? Dude, your team scored one goal in three games. Get some perspective.

Posted from  United States

“I think we’re in the top half of teams in this world cup”.

He said what!!!

He must the he only person outisde of FIFA who understands that stupid ranking system. Maybe he can explain to me what he feels whould have happened if the US were seeded. And put where? With the poor on the field tactics and aging, lazy looking players, where does he think the team would have ended up. A team that does not show up at the World Cup doesn’t need to bother showing up at all. You missed the big show.

P.S. How come the US is the only country that didn’t have a WC clip? I know you are important and have a war but come on! We are more likely to shoot a Brazillian here than an American. After all, in the WC, the US just don’t count.

I dont think it was an embarrasment, but i think it would be a great time for a new coach and new blood on the team… I know donovan is a good player, but sometimes he does more harm than good.
saludos

The United States football team got exactly what it deserved. They were too over confident going into the World Cup. They talked about earning respect for US Football. Unfortunately the rest of the World got to see a team that play way below what everyone thought their level was at. I hope the team (specially Donovan) learn a valuable lesson: show your opponents what you can do rather than simply openning your mouth.

Posted from  United States

Empress, or anyone else who knows what she’s talking about-

What’s a WC clip?

1. After all is said and done, the team played below its capacity. One would hope to see a team play above its capacity in World Cup play.

2. Some of our players are pretty good. Donovan is overrated, but an average world level player. Reyna is too safe and too old. Beasely, for whatever reason, DID almost always slow play down, pass back, and lose the ball. Eddie Johnson probably shouldn’t have gone in after all in the first two games…McBride would have had a much better tournament

3. Arena is arrogant and embarassing to single out players for public criticism. Nothing about the team’s play this tournament indicated they were in the top half of world cup teams. Japan, Togo and US. Australia played the aggresive, nothing-to-lose football that might have worked for a team of the US’s talent level. The difference? A European coach who had a bit of creativity.

4. Get us a European coach who knows what he is doing….soon.

Posted from  United States

I think that Bruce Arena did a horrible job coaching the USA. He disgraced our nation by the awful formations he put on the field and the fact that we had to win the game, a tie didnt matter, and he did not sub Eddie Johnson and Bobby Convey in until late shows that he should not have been running things for this country. I am highly pissed off.

Posted from  United States

The probem with the usa is the coach. Bruce Arena is a college coach who recruits college players. Instead of going out looking for players on the dirt fields in the middle of no where, he recruits from colleges. The college coaches here in the states have absolutely no clue. They pick the bigger, stronger guys and do not go based on talent. The real talent ends up not going to college and never gets a chance. The USA need to do something about their recruiting system. If England can go out and get players such as Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney, the USA should be able to do the same. This country is far too populated to not be able to find the talent to do well in a world cup. Bruce needs to cut the ties to his favorite players (Donovan, Keller, Reyna) or be fired. The world cup is not a place to play the coaches favorites, its a place to play the country’s best. If Landon Donovan is supposedly the best the USA has to offer, i do not see the USA getting anywhere in a world cup anytime soon.

Posted from  United States

Arena did a fine job up until this World Cup. Itis time for change. I don’t think the guy has anything left in the tank. Team was flat like him.

Posted from  United States

Thanks Bruce, your comments about the Socceroos helped us get through to the final 16. What about some more for the Italy game?
1-1 isn’t an option for us.

Posted from  Australia

The federation needs to take a long hard look at player development and promotion of the game at a national level. But I don’t think there are any easy answers. It’s just going to take time and effort to get to the level of the best “footballing nations”.

Australia isn’t as good as the USA, neither is Mexico. But congrats to both of them for advancing. Australia showed guts and determination, something the Team USA sorely lacked in the non-Italy games. But officiating hurt us and helped the Aussies (Kewell was offside for their 2nd equalizer against Croatia, but it wasn’t whistled).

I think Bruce will step down, and I think he should, although up until now I’ve been a strong Arena apologist.

As long as he won, I was willing to overlook his often-boneheaded tactics, puzzling subs (or non-subs), favorite players (namely Ben Olsen, and prior to that, Richie Williams aka ABMOD). He’s been good for US soccer. In some ways, I’ll miss him.

Posted from  United States

The American team was snakebit during the World Cup…questionable calls (refs were horrible overall - 3 yellow cards against 1 player???) and some mental lapses by players in key situations cost the US dearly. You don’t expect such mental lapses from such experienced players like Eddie Pope and Claudio Reyna. Landon Donovan has talent but gets lazy on the pitch sometimes and does not play well with Reyna. Why was Taylor Twellan not on the team?

Arenas has done well overall for the US soccer program (anybody is better than Sampson..) but it is time for a change of coaches…We Americans have to realize that soccer is not our #1 sport like it is in South America and Europe..The NFL reigns supreme followed and we don’t have a club feeder program like England. Most of our players come from the college ranks…hmmm…high school soccer and college soccer is played in the FALL….what other sports is played in the FALL?? Why do we have millions of kids play soccer between ages 5-10 and yet when they get to middle and high school the numbers dwindle quite rapidly. As long as our society is a multi-sport society, we will have a hard time trying to compete at the highest level in soccer…

Posted from  United States

From Rick: “Australia isn’t as good as the USA, neither is Mexico. But congrats to both of them for advancing. Australia showed guts and determination, something the Team USA sorely lacked in the non-Italy games.”

.. I’d really be interested to see how you define ‘not as good’ with regard to that comment. I’m not going to pretend to have any real idea about U.S. form leading into this cup but based upon form IN it both Australia and Mexico strike me as easily better teams. If we were given the choice between having to play U.S.A. to go through rather than Croatia, I’m sure we would have taken it. Given the same choice with Mexico, however, I’m not so sure.

As to “But officiating hurt us and helped the Aussies (Kewell was offside for their 2nd equalizer against Croatia, but it wasn’t whistled).”

…. Well, if you think officiating has been helping us you can’t possibly have seen the Australia v. Japan or Australia v. Brazil match. And while I’m man enough to admit the possibility of Kewell being offside for the equaliser (though I’d really have to go back and look this being about the last thing on my mind at that particular point in time), well, given the two blatant penalties we should have been given along with the whole ‘three yellows not out’ thing - I call that justice.

Posted from  Australia

Liliana, speaking from a German background and having had a very close look at the U.S.-team recently, I can absolutely support your…

‘ … theory: Maybe the US should recruit players who come from working class backgrounds, who are used to working and fighting hard in the face of adversity. All these middle-class kids with their soccer mommies don’t seem tough enough to fight back when the chips are down.’

The 2006 U.S.-team was doing ‘track and field’ with a ball; they were not powerful enough to - really! - shot on the goal with the force needed.

Posted from  United States

The three yellows thing is both hysterical and greatly disturbing. FIFA really needs to have three refs (and not just two assistants)

However, the US WOULD KILL to have been in the Aussies group.

Japan? Croatia? Or Ghana, Czech Republic?

Hmmmm, let me think about it.

Posted from  Dominican Republic

ETucker,

Point well made. And at the risk of sounding like US sour grapes, something needs to be done in terms of the seeding for the World Cup. Regardless of which region a team is qualifying from, the team that wins its group deserves to be seeded when the draw is made. The US won CONCACAF yet Mexico was the seeded team. I’m guessing the US would have killed just as much to have been placed with Iran and Angola, let alone a Portugal they stunned in 2002.

Posted from  United States

ETucker and Joe,

why don’t you create your own World Cup in US? Like “Baseball World Series”? With Virgin Islands, Guantanamo and Bahamas in the qualification group, Canada in quarter final and you as the bright winner of the Cup with 2:1 against Costa Rica?

The fans of real football all over the world want to see more real football nations like Nigeria, Cameroon or Uruguay at the World Cup, including the big stars we know from the great European Clubs and their wonderful fans, less arrogant and ignorant We-are-No.4-in-FIFA-ranking- and Give-us-privileges-so-that-we-have-a-chance-supporters.

Japan, Croatia and Czech showed that they are able to hurt eg. Germany or Brazil, the US is a not-so-funny roadkill.

Posted from  United States

I cannot believe Arena didn’t start Eddie Johnson in all 3 games. In the two matches he played, he was the only striker who moved well off the ball and looked dangerous! Boggles my mind!!

Freddy Adu should have been on the bench, for no other reason than to gain world cup exposure. (i.e. Ronaldo was apart of the 94′ Brazil championship team at age 17 and did not play one minute). Michael Owen played in his first world cup game @ 18.

The U.S. needs to build for the future! We do not have what it takes (presently) to make a serious run at the international level, so why do we continue to send our best (experienced) players, instead of mixing up-and-coming talent w/experienced players. Did any U.S. fan really believe the U.S. had a chance to win the World Cup. The answer should be NO. That’s not to say we didn’t expect them to advance and have a good showing, but since we knew that they weren’t going to bring home the trophy in 06′, we should’ve sent a team’ that could realistically compete in 2010 and 2014, etc… Johnson again is only 22 years old. Had he been able to start all 3 games, that would’ve provided invaluable experience to him(and could of possibly changed the result in game 3). If Adu was on the bench, instead of a (decent for MLS) Brian Ching, then the U.S. would have made a huge stride in their goal of World Football domination!!

Posted from  United States

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Posted from  United States