Costa Rica vs USA Recap 9/2/2011

That look on Donovan's face says it all. Yea, sure it's a only a friendly but a win is always a win and a lose is always a lose.
The boys started the game like they were shot out of a cannon. USA kept putting wave after wave of pressure on Costa Rica. It was surprising to see USA attacking and Costa Rica counter attacking. Seems like every touch on the ball was crisp and every pass was perfect. I looked like USA could have easily been up two goals before half-time.


The second half was a completely different story. I'm not really sure what happened during half-time. Maybe they forgot to drink their Red Bull or maybe Klinsmann made some "your momma is so fat" jokes. I don't know but the boys where lacking that sizzle. They seem to be left with no energy.


Anyway, I'm loving the flow of the ball. The quick passes and the possession game, I'm loving it all.  Just wish Landon would have finished his easy chance in the sixth minute. 


Hopefully more good things to come from Klinsmann and the boys.

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Bob Bradley Gets Fired And Juergen Klinsmann Gets Hired

It's a sad day or a great day for USA Soccer depending on your view. It has been no secret, everyone knew Sunil Gulati wanted to hire Klinsmann for a long long time. But it's one of those situations where US Soccer is the ugly kid in high school and Klinsmann is the beautiful foreign exchange student who everyone wants to bang.

In my opinion and in many peoples opinion one manager should not stick around past one World Cup cycle. That should have been the case with Bob Bradley. But Sunil Gulati being the genies he is, he just keep dragging Bradley along. And Bradley being the true patriot he is, he wasn't going to put his head down and walk out and let his boys down.

I have to give credit to Bradley for all the things he has done in the past five year. He guided the team to the  2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup title, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup final, first place in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, first place in its World Cup group and a Round of 16 berth, and 2011 CoNCACAF Gold Cup final.
That's a pretty impressive resume. I think every US Soccer fan should thank him for all his services.

But here is the things, no matter who is leading the USMNT if the structure and talent level doesn't change the end result will not change. This would be a good time for the US Soccer to overhaul their system.

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