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Post by touchlinedad on Feb 2, 2018 8:49:05 GMT -5
I assume most of you who read this forum saw this but Geoff Cameron gave a fairly no-holds barred interview with the New York Times in which he put some serious blame on Bruce Arena for the United States not making the World Cup. I'm not sure if I agree with everything he says but I give him credit for being willing to speak up. Here's sample of some quotes the paper highlighted plus a the link to the story: “There’s no doubt in my mind that if Jurgen Klinsmann was still our head coach, we would have qualified for the World Cup.” “People can have their opinions and say I’m a bad player and this and that. Well, I’ve been over here for this long for a reason. So I think I have to be doing something right.” “My goal is to play this game until I’m 40.” “Bruce Arena made decisions that cost us going to the World Cup. And I don’t have a problem saying it, because we had the right group of guys.” “I don’t think Bruce likes my bluntness.” www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/sports/soccer/geoff-cameron-stoke-city.html
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Post by gaprospects on Feb 2, 2018 11:26:12 GMT -5
There's no doubt in my mind that if Geoff Cameron hadn't put forth the worst performance of his national team career at home against Costa Rica (along with the rest of the side that night), the US would have qualified.
I don't understand where this Jurgen apology tour is coming from. He drove the national team program into the ground and left Bruce to rescue it from the flames. As for Cameron, he's just as much a part of this failure as anyone else. He doesn't get a pass just because he wasn't out there in Trinidad, things were going the wrong direction long before that.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Feb 2, 2018 11:49:11 GMT -5
While I didn't think bruce did a great job, its a tough spot to take over in that position. Jurgen really should have been gone before the qualifications begun. Guy was too much obsessed with fitness over style of play and quality of play. I mean for goodness sake Diskerud wore the 10 jersey for the US! Thats all you need to know.
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