Best thing I've read RE: Klinsmann

It's time for Jurgen to go

Cross to left cheek.

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Klinsmann claimed that the United States’ personnel was a good fit for a 3-5-2 formation, and that’s why he decided to employ it in the Mexico match. But the personnel that he had to work with on Friday is the same as the personnel he had last month, when he had two friendlies to use to prepare for Friday’s big game. It didn’t occur to him to test his theories out in those low-stakes situations, so his team was unprepared to play in that shape against Mexico.

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Discombobulate.

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That Jones gave the ball away constantly over the course of two matches while also failing to win the ball with physical challenges like he normally does can hardly be blamed on him. Players need more than two run-outs to fully recover from a three-month injury layoff. It was clear from his two average games for the Colorado Rapids that he was still finding his feet, and was not yet the Jermaine Jones who’s dominated MLS and big USMNT games in recent years. Starting him twice was a bad selection more egregious than any tactical error.

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Body shot.

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Despite never seeing the USMNT line up in a 3-5-2, El Tri boss Juan Carlos Osorio was prepared for the possibility. Less than a minute into the game, "Tecatito" Jesus Corona and Osorio relayed what they saw on the pitch to each other, and Mexico quickly adjusted their strategy to counter it. Klinsmann watched his team flail around in a state of utter confusion for 30 minutes before he decided to make an adjustment. It was a fit of poor intuition, followed by a lack of composure and decisiveness from Klinsmann.

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Weaken right jaw, now fracture.

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Players quitting on Klinsmann isn’t a new thing, even if they’ve never done it mid-game before. You might recall the 2013 Sporting News story by Brian Straus about players questioning Klinsmann’s coaching methods. Some of the players that Klinsmann had no chance to win over were dropped from the team, while senior leaders rallied the troops to convince them that they needed to give everything they had for the team even if they disagreed with the manager. The result was a solid Hex performance. But Klinsmann does not appear to have learned, and those same senior leaders can’t be reasonably counted on to motivate their teammates to fight for a coach they don’t believe in for a fifth consecutive year.

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Break cracked ribs.

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Klinsmann has no management skills. He lets his emotions overshadow logic to the detriment of his subordinates.

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Traumatise solar plexus.

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Jurgen Klinsmann did not become a bad coach last week. He was an inept tactical manager with bad ideas at Bayern Munich eight years ago, and he’s been that repeatedly for the United States men’s national team.

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Dislocate jaw entirely.

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The thing that could get Klinsmann canned is that there are signs that he can no longer be trusted to be reasonable. His actions over the past week suggest that he is not considering the potential benefits and consequences of his decisions, and is now acting irrationally.

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Heel kick to diaphragm.


That was one devastating article.

Klinsmann makes me not enjoy USA soccer anymore. For the past few years, it's the same shite over and over.

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Klinsmann makes me not enjoy USA soccer anymore. For the past few years, it's the same shite over and over.

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I mean I had a pretty good time making the semi-finals of the COPA America, but yeah, this last week and the Gold Cup sucked.

Oh, are you referring to the tournament where Landon ran shite?

It's been 2 & a half years and I'm still not over that yet

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Oh, are you referring to the tournament where Landon ran shite?

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The one against sub par teams? Yeah. That one.

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There are a lot of people on this board who defended Klinsmann tooth and nail for that abortion of a decision.

I would love to fricking hear from them now that the man behind the curtain has been exposed.

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I mean I still am fine with decision. I don't think it would have changed how far we went or a single outcome.

I do think it was dumb as frick to bring Brad Davis over his arse though.

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I mean I had a pretty good time making the semi-finals of the COPA America

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Jurgen did the thing everyone begs him to do. He played guys in their right positions and stuck with a consistent lineup up until the semifinal where he reverted back to the things that make him suck.

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The tournament that three teams cared about?

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This is such revisionist history. Brazil was really the only team who didn't give a shite about because they were hosting the olympics.