What About Bob? (for national team coach)

A 6-month coaching search… and we hire Bob Bradley?

Give me a break.

How is this an improvement over Bruce Arena?

If you’re going to end up with Bob Bradley, then why even bother firing Bruce Arena?

Posted from  United States

Nothing against Bob Bradley, but this seems like a complete waste. We had a chance to make a real improvement in the national team by bringing Klinsmann in. Another American coach isn’t going to help.

Posted from  United States

I agree 6 months and this Sunil was hired to improve and promote the growth of soccer instead he sticks us with Arena Light - Sunil submit your resignation i have seen enough! We need an aggressive ,attacking ,fresh new style to bring USA soccer to the lvl where it should be! and another thing since the Worl Cup - top 10 Team to out of the Top 30 - Sunil quit now please!

Posted from  United States

I think everyone needs to calm down a little bit. My initial reaction, like everyone else’s, was disappointment. I bet Sunil himself is very disappointed. He said he had put all his energy in the past month or more into Klinsmann. But, we do NOT know why Klinsmann pulled out except for some speculation. Maybe, like others have suggested, he wants the job, just not at this moment. Perhaps in 6 months when Bob is done his interim. Or maybe another fine non-American coach such as Pekerman wants the job in a few months. Sunil said that a couple european coaches they want are currently in the midst of seasons abroad.

Secondly, the reason Bradley looks so unappealing is because of the false assumption that Bruce was not a good (enough) coach or moving American soccer forward. So, why hire someone who is pretty much his equal? Well, fortunately, that assumption is beyond ludicrous but it exists in most of our minds because of the last WC. I hate to state the obvious that no one has enough sense to understand, but 3 games does not define how good a team is. We did better than France did in last WC, 4 years after the won the whole thing! Sandwiched inbetween winning the WC and going to the WC finals (and dominating Italy who won) they score 0 goals. ZERO goals. AND their competition was shit. At least we were in the group of death! So, to base the progress of US soccer on 1 WC is absurd. Many amazing teams have one lousy world cup. France was one of a million examples. So, everyone, just relax and see what happens.

Posted from  United States

It seems, that Klinsi gave all the information to the German press. So money was okay for him, but structures in American football (”soccer”) were not.

It was clear, that everybody with a name in world football would risk his reputation if he accepts a job with the notoriously loosing team like that from the US. Klinsi was willing to accept that risk for 2 million dollars a year. But it was not acceptable to him to start this project when he could not even see a little chance for success.

There is no hope for American football, first, as long as the team owners of MLS refused to let their players participate in all national games and all preparation workshops. Without this training, for Klinsi no improvement in technical and tactical skills of the US team seemed to be possible.

Second, another crucial point is the exclusion of players of Mexican origin in the American Football system. As the example of France’s Football and US Basketball shows, teams can only succeed when integrating the best players available regardless of ethnical restrictions in the society. The US Football team will never be able to compete with overweight children from the suburban neighbourhoods. The requirement to integrate Mexican’s children, many of them illegal residents on US territory, to guarantee success, challenges the present MLS marketing strategy to attrac tthe white middle-classes.

So, being a man of principles and having to protect his good name, Klinsi felt that he has to say “no” to Sunil under conditions, that make it impossible to succeed. But it was not his last word.

MLS’ Anheuser-Bushs and president Sunil Gulati decided to do it the old way, saluted by the bi-weekly central voice of American Football named “Soccer America”, commenting: “The USA may have exited in the first round of the last World Cup, but U.S. Soccer is not looking for an overhaul and would understandably balk at demands to give a national team coach carte blanche.” Feel no need to change, then get no chance to get Klinsi.

P.S. It is expected that next year the president who follows Sunil Gulati will have to pay much more than 2 m a year to get Klinsmann after the US team’s expected defeat against Denmark (2,7 m inhabitants) and Virgin Islands (27.000) in January and February 2007. Or they will have to pay much, much more after the the US team participated in Copa Americana 2008, where they will meet Brazil, Argentina and Mexico (and Costa Rica, Bolivia and Venezuela).

Posted from  United States

are you kidding me with Bob Bradley succeeding Arena. Be aware of this, Bradley is nothing more than a croney and the American system a joke. Bradley coached Bruces kid who was awful in MLS. In return, Arena, allowed Bradley’s kid, who is also awful,to make a capped appearance in a warm up game for the 2006 cup. How incestuous is US Soccer going to continue. Sunil should grow up and make the big decision. It is a joke. Shame on US Soccer and Sunil.

Posted from  United States