sat back and watched as a fan today.had a few futures riding that i lost,due to injuries on the check team..flap you were right about the injured czecks but i did not forsee koller also getting injured in the 1st game.after a goal off course.no barros no koller no chance.
TEAM USA :shrug: as a avid fan and former player ,how can i see that reyna is done and bruce arena cant? i mentioned in my 1st post in this thread (1week before the tourny)that CLUDIA REYNA is finished.the usa allowed 5 goals in the tourny (- the pk)reyna was responsible for 3 of them,1 in the czeck game(not closing in on his guy while he shot and scored)..his man scored on the corner kick in the italy game..AND then the biggest play in the biggest game to date he muffs a move b/c of a little pressure and the guy goes in alone to score ghanas only goal.
reyna has always been overrated,but he never sucked,,this year you could easily see that he cant hack it internationaly any more.how can a coach wwith arenas track record cannot see this is beyond me.name him captain and leave him on the fiels after mistake and mistake...but before the tourny i gave arena the benifit of the doubt b/c i respected the guy and he had to know something i didnt,hes a genuis(so i thought).
THE END of an era...bruce arenas swagger and confidence blew up in his face,with his refusal to change on the fly after games or during them...somehow after 2 games THEY still had a great chance to advance and give us the oppotunirty to let us watch are team play against the golaith of the soccer world and let me wager my $100 to win $3000 and believe in my team...YOU FUKN RUINED THE WHOLE TORNAMENT AND YOUR REPUTATION IN 10 DAYS YOU ARROGANT FUK..now i know why the team came out flat,,b/c they didnt believe and they had reasons not to believe.the fukn players that have been done and never were (cherlondo,,lewis,) you mixed in with them and brought them down by not fielding YOUR BEST 11 or your best system b/c all of a sudden your italy and your going to win 1-0 all the time..YOUR TIME HAS COME for you and claudio ,see you in the mls.