tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post115103584900747581..comments2023-10-21T02:17:05.715-05:00Comments on USA Soccer Spot: Assessing ArenaKartikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00637710449573222655noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151171218377575242006-06-24T12:46:00.000-05:002006-06-24T12:46:00.000-05:00Arena's press conference yesterday was a major let...Arena's press conference yesterday was a major letdown. Rather than be accountable he continues to blame everyone from the players to MLS itself for our failures. His time is up.Kartikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637710449573222655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151167658698533262006-06-24T11:47:00.000-05:002006-06-24T11:47:00.000-05:00I cannot log in.......arena will be joined by lavo...I cannot log in.......<BR/><BR/>arena will be joined by lavolpe on the unemployment line after today. <BR/><BR/>arena didn't give donovan the freedom to attack, not did he put his best player o'brien on the field. <BR/><BR/>reyna's injuries and o'brien's fitness hurt as well.<BR/><BR/>arena is gone. let's discuss mexico/argentina and the future usa roster. the new coach will make many changes. eddie pope for instance will not be returning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151166412563207262006-06-24T11:26:00.000-05:002006-06-24T11:26:00.000-05:00I happens to every manager or head coach - the tre...I happens to every manager or head coach - the treatment of the players becomes stale and the players stop responding. Arena is long known as a players' coach. USA was successful in 2002 with the confidence and freedom Arena instilled in the team. This time around USA was overconfident - too loose - too cool. <BR/><BR/>The team needs a tough kick-in-the-ass coach who will stop pampering these primadonnas. Of course over time that will become stale and the players will cry for a "players' coach".<BR/><BR/>It's a viscious circle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151164439988973922006-06-24T10:53:00.000-05:002006-06-24T10:53:00.000-05:00" How's that for setting soccer back in this natio..." How's that for setting soccer back in this nation? "<BR/><BR/>I must assume you are joking, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151162232883133962006-06-24T10:17:00.000-05:002006-06-24T10:17:00.000-05:00Klinnsman's team is already up 2-0. He ain't comin...Klinnsman's team is already up 2-0. He ain't coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151161562414228902006-06-24T10:06:00.000-05:002006-06-24T10:06:00.000-05:00Toasted Yanks!You make some excellent points here ...Toasted Yanks!<BR/><BR/>You make some excellent points here though, but as long as you hire American coaches who hail from your minor leagues, you'll suffer.<BR/><BR/>I've seen the DeMerit kid play in person. He's a gritty tough player, unlike your pretty boy center midfielder Donovan who was one of the worst players in Germany. <BR/><BR/>Hire Klinnsman or Kevin Keagan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151158987178869162006-06-24T09:23:00.000-05:002006-06-24T09:23:00.000-05:00Excellent analysis. Whatever you think of individ...Excellent analysis. Whatever you think of individuals like Arena or Donovan, the fact is that the United States' team was poorly prepared for and poorly motivated in the World Cup.Floridanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108981253821689883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151120273595396482006-06-23T22:37:00.000-05:002006-06-23T22:37:00.000-05:00Eric Wynalda was long a favorite of mine as a play...Eric Wynalda was long a favorite of mine as a player but he has turned into an emotional out of control immature kid in the studio. He's totally out of hand and his criticisms of Arena going back to the first game were way below the belt. He is the one who on the air said this team could go to the finals. Arena never created those expectations, it was Wynalda and the other ESPN people. Now he's the ultimate critic and acts as if the same group of guys he thought could get to the finals have accomplished nothing. He's turned into a bitter jerk, plain and simple.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151110602579797562006-06-23T19:56:00.000-05:002006-06-23T19:56:00.000-05:00Hey 5:39, you claim Arena is a failed leader but h...Hey 5:39, you claim Arena is a failed leader but he led us to the Quarterfinals in 2002! <BR/><BR/>Players must motivate themselves. If they cannot get excited about the World Cup they are not truly professionals of any repute. <BR/><BR/>Kartik, your argument about Arena not coaching in Europe and using MLS style training didn't seem to hurt the team in 2002. Why did it hurt them now? It didn't!<BR/><BR/>Kartik, who would you take instead of Ching? Connor Casey? You got to be joking! Clint Mathis? Maybe if McDonald's is near by! Freddy Adu? It's not his time yet. The World Cup squad isn't the U-23 developmental project! <BR/><BR/>Everybody is being selective in their memories of Arena and the next time I hear Eric Whine-alda attacking Arena and impugning his character I am going to smash my TV in and boycott ESPN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151103970557397872006-06-23T18:06:00.000-05:002006-06-23T18:06:00.000-05:00What a facre this whole war and peace length artic...What a facre this whole war and peace length article is. <BR/><BR/>Arena is a great coach who has brought US Soccer to its greatest heights ever. We were a few bad calls away from advancing to round 2 in consecutive world cups for the first time ever, and we proved that we could bounce back from adversity when we like heroes drew with Italy despite being two men down. If it wasn't for FIFA's bizzare love affair with yellow and red cards and the famous german dentist posing as a ref we have 6 points win our group and are preparing to slaughter the inexperienced Aussies. <BR/><BR/>One game does change everything as they say, or one or two bad calls do also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28859744.post-1151098742285368052006-06-23T16:39:00.000-05:002006-06-23T16:39:00.000-05:00Kartik - much too long to read. This is an easy a...Kartik - much too long to read. This is an easy analyis. Arena screwed up the entire program and has set soccer in the US back a decade. He did not bring the most talented team, and lef t the best talent he had on the bench. Dempsey should have played every minute of every match pure and simple. Arena played awful strategy. This is supposed to be an offense minded team and they scored 1 goal in 3 games, pathetic. There were no set plays, not continuity, not heart and no effort. This team was a failure, led by a failed leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com