Comments on: Bruce Arena must go

By: ThroughBall.com » Top ten ThroughBall.com posts

ThroughBall.com » Top ten ThroughBall.com posts — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:23:05 +0000

[...] 1) Nike, Clint Dempsey, and cliché rapper names 2) Henry joins Reebok 3) A national anthem for soccer? 4) Gatorade, baseball and the American culture wars 5) Joga feo 6) Jorge Larrionda’s fifteen minutes 7) What Materazzi said Anthony LaPaglia and the Champion’s League final 9) Bruce Arena must go 10) Nike, Adidas, and the World Cup [...]

By: soccerpurist

soccerpurist — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:27:21 +0000

Arena has always been inadequate. From a soccer perspective, he is a pretender. The last thing we need is another soccer ignorant American coach. We need a European coach who will make player selections based solely on playing ability. The politics/arrogance of the American soccer establishment is stifling team development. Donovan needs a swift kick in his soft and spoiled ass. Reyna, Pope, O’Brien and Berhalter should not have been on the roster let alone the field. And why was Wolfe, Ching and Olson there instead of Twellman, Eskandarian and Gaven? We need someone from outside of the American soccer to be given free rein to develop an exemplary team. We’ve got the horses. We just don’t have a coach who knows soccer talent and how to organize and drive players to their full individual and team poltential. We need to accept the reality that compared to the rest of the world, American coaches lack the experience, knowledge and gravitas to complete successfully as soccer’s highest level.

By: ThroughBall.com » Bruce Arena, Eric Wynalda, and mediocrity is not OK

ThroughBall.com » Bruce Arena, Eric Wynalda, and mediocrity is not OK — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:32:09 +0000

[...] I’ll admit it; when Ghana sent the U.S. packing, I was angry. I directed the bulk of my anger at Bruce Arena. Since that time (I posted my article approximately 15 minutes after the full time whistle) there has been a tide of counterspin trying desparately to exonerate Bruce Arena. Typically, the Arena defenders follow the same talking points: [...]

By: ThroughBall.com » Grant Wahl talks to Sunil Gulati

ThroughBall.com » Grant Wahl talks to Sunil Gulati — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 16:01:48 +0000

[...] Grant Wahl interviewed U.S. Soccer Federation President, Sunil Gulati. It sounds to me like we’ll know about the coaching situation sometime next week, but I’ll let you read between the lines for yourself. [...]

By: ton

ton — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:06:49 +0000

Can Arena! It’s time for him to move on. US soccer needs a new vision and a different strategy. We have so much untapped talent in this country, it’s a shame that the USSF is not better organized. Bruce should go, but let’s clean house at the top too!

By: mel

mel — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:41:32 +0000

i couldnt have said it any better! Get him out of here. bad coach, bad sportmanship, bad manager. pathetic, pathetic, pathetic. demote bruce arena to ball-boy!!

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:09:49 +0000

Dan
Alrbright getting playing time? hahaha He shouldn’t have even been in Germany. I’m glad someone else went instead of the completely overrated Hejduk, but Albright? He only went because because of Arena’s blatant favoritism to the Univ. of Virginia.

By: Homey Boehme

Homey Boehme — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:57:58 +0000

I’m assuming that any day we will be reading about his firing/sacking/”stepping down”/etc. I’m hoping that the day is very soon.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:20:38 +0000

D-

No prob (which is what no one should say when they mean “no problem.”)

By: D

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:21:44 +0000

Josh — I posted this also in the comments at Dcenters, but I wanted to make clear that I think I read your piece and conflated your views with some other people’s. You weren’t the people I was thinking of when I used your words to describe them. My bad (which I hear is how the kids today say “I’m sorry”)