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Unfortunately as long as Gulati is in charge of US Soccer we may never be able to lure the top coaching talent. As merely average Bradley has been(he hasn't been BAD just "meh"), Nowak makes him look like a cross between Mourinho and Ferguson.
Nowaks player selections, odd lineups, player subsititutions and tactics have made our Olympic team looking like they are incapable of scoring goals or playing with any kind of style. If we win against Canada tonight it will be a testament of how weak the CONCACAF is rather than a testament to his coaching or how strong our side has played.
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Unfortunately as long as Gulati is in charge of US Soccer we may never be able to lure the top coaching talent. As merely average Bradley has been(he hasn't been BAD just "meh"), Nowak makes him look like a cross between Mourinho and Ferguson.
Nowaks player selections, odd lineups, player subsititutions and tactics have made our Olympic team looking like they are incapable of scoring goals or playing with any kind of style. If we win against Canada tonight it will be a testament of how weak the CONCACAF is rather than a testament to his coaching or how strong our side has played.
If that's the case, why doesn't U.S. Soccer sack Gulati?
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On a side note, how indicative is it of a bad team that they pass so often back to the keeper? I think it is a big indicator. I've watched a wide range of soccer in the last few months, and it seems like the better teams don't do this very often and the worse teams use the keeper like a crutch. To me, it's just so much of a give-up, and it's dangerous to boot. It kills me that Newcastle does it so much.
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On a side note, how indicative is it of a bad team that they pass so often back to the keeper? I think it is a big indicator. I've watched a wide range of soccer in the last few months, and it seems like the better teams don't do this very often and the worse teams use the keeper like a crutch. To me, it's just so much of a give-up, and it's dangerous to boot. It kills me that Newcastle does it so much.
Indicative of the midfield players being unable to get open to receive a pass. The GK is a crutch, he's always open. So yeah, you are right, it is a team that is lacking talent or confidence...I always love it when it backfires and the other team is able to beat the GK to the pass.
Indicative of the midfield players being unable to get open to receive a pass. The GK is a crutch, he's always open. So yeah, you are right, it is a team that is lacking talent or confidence...I always love it when it backfires and the other team is able to beat the GK to the pass.
Newcastle VS Fulham this weekend...uh oh.
Go Magpies!
Chances that this game is actually televised...crap.
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I don't think that the national team will get stuffed in those games, and I don't think they are thought of as minnows any more either. England and Spain are both inconsistent teams, hell it was only an unfair 2-1 loss to England a couple of years back. Argentina will be tough obviously, but we can't expect the US to be one of the top few teams in the World yet. They are safely in the 2nd tier group, not far below the top 10/11 teams, and thats a good place to be in right now. Hopefully Altidore will turn into the striker that he promises to be, that is the one area the US seems to lack in international play. Donovan and Dempsey are not strikers.
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If that's the case, why doesn't U.S. Soccer sack Gulati?
There have been complaints for a couple of years that as long as Gulati was at the head of this ship, US soccer would never be top tier. As a Cardinal fan I could understand their arguement but never gave it much thought.
Then he hires Greg Ryan as the manager for the WNT and it was obvious from the very beginning to the disasterous end, that Ryan had no business being at the head of a high school team. I'm not a criticizer of the Bradley hiring, but there are many others with better pedigrees and even the biggest Bradley supports had to wonder why the US was not more aggressive in pursueing other canidates.
Now the complete lack of promotion from Gulati's organization towards the Olympic tournament has honestly made me angry. I live in Tampa and heard about these games first and much more often on this board.
If progression of quality and fan base is important to US soccer... Sunil must be shown the door. He just does not get it on a fundamental level.
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The US plays in Poland in 3 days and I haven't seen a roster posted anywhere. I'm gonna guess its going to be pretty much all Euro based players (but probably not Adu since he just finished up the Olympic tournament).
Will they even ask Donovan? We know how he seems to get out of every away game.
We know Bradley will be there...he just scored 2 more goals yesterday, including the game winner.
I just find it odd they haven't even named a roster or had any kind of camp and the game kicks off on Weds.
Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading, England), Tim Howard (Everton, England).
Defenders: Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham, England), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover, Germany), Jay DeMerit (Watford, England), Cory Gibbs (Charlton Athletic, England), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege, England), Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock, Germany), Jonathan Spector (West Ham, England).
Midfielders: Michael Bradley (Heerenveen, Netherlands), Ricardo Clark (Houston), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Benny Feilhaber (Derby, England), Eddie Lewis (Derby, England).
Forwards: Brian Ching (Houston), Clint Dempsey (Fulham, England), Eddie Johnson (Fulham, England), Josh Wolff (1860 Munich, Germany).
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