The US were sooooooo slow and lethargic the second half, I feel asleep. So, I'm glad I missed the end.
I think US played bad. I'm mean, really bad. I think the coach completely blew it. I couldn't stand Claudio Reyna. Who put this guy as our captain? Bruce Arena, the horrible US team coach. What's really embarrassing, he's America's most winning coach.
Why the US played the way they did, I'll never know. You don't go into a World Cup game NEEDING a win at all cost, and play the way they did. What was Bruce Arena's excuse? "Everybody played well; it was a good team. I would have liked a chance to win in the second half, but that bad call at the end of the first half put us behind and we had to play 'catch up.'" When he asked if he could do something over, he said nothing. He gave some excuse about his roster... then said nothing more. He has no clue, still, how he screwed up so badly. I'm not really sure he would admit if he did do something wrong. He's and idiot. Be responsible for how you messed up. I hate this guy. OK, he last said he should have positioned his team better, and should have put more men in the box. Who's fault was that? It wasnt' the players. It wasn't the fans. Still think you didn't do anything wrong, or would have changed anything, Bruce?
We had talent with this team. I think most of you will agree. We had the experience to win some games, at least our group. But, it's the failure of the coaching staff that gets all the blame, here. It was non existent. I never saw the coach get up to scream some orders to his team. I saw him yell at refs, and complain when a US player got hit. But that was it. We need to get rid of him, find some new talented players, and then well have a decent US World Cup team.
(like in Euro 2004: great game 👍)
). I think the refs had it out for the states.
