Jurgen thinks our criticisms are "immature"

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Jurgen Klinsmann has heard the critiques and criticisms, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. Men’s National Team head coach and U.S. Soccer technical director agrees that the program is in some sort of regression.

Following a difficult summer and fall, the U.S. Soccer program looks to rebound heading into the closing months of 2015. The USMNT settled for fourth at the Gold Cup before falling in the CONCACAF Cup, signaling a lackluster campaign for the senior team.

Meanwhile, the youth programs have fared equally. The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team was bounced from the group stages of the U-17 World Cup, while the Olympic team disappointed in CONCACAF qualifying and is now set for a do-or-die playoff against Colombia. On the youth side, the Under-20 group has served as a standout, earning a quarterfinal berth at the U-20 World Cup before falling to eventual champions Serbia in penalty kicks.

Under Klinsmann’s watch, each U.S. youth team did fare better this cycle than they did in the prior one, signaling some growth in the overarching program. That growth, Klinsmann says, is vital, even if the results aren’t quite where many want them to be.

“When you hear a lot of people talking some things are going wrong because you lost maybe two or three games recently, then that’s a bit immature,” Klinsmann said in a video releases by U.S. Soccer. “That’s simply wrong. There is a lot of work ahead of us in all of our areas, but there’s also a lot of excitement because our players are hungry for improvement.

“I think we can be proud of ourselves in what we’ve done so far, the last couple of years in all age groups. I think this is what a lot of people, unfortunately, forget quickly. Because, suddenly, we came out of the Group of Death in Brazil, I don’t know, people now expect maybe miracles, expect you to get easily into the final four of a World Cup or final eight, or have our Under-20s win the World Cup in New Zealand or our Under-17s win the World Cup in Chile. And that’s not gonna happen because this is only a process that over many, many years will, hopefully, one day end in big, big successes.”

The USMNT returns to action on Tuesday against Trinidad and Tobago in World Cup qualifying (6:30 p.m., beIN Sports).

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No one said anything about the u20 World Cup. But he somehow fails to mention the Gold cup, the CONCACAF Cup, the u23 failure, the u17s poor showing. It surely is a process that will take time. But he props up the success of the World Cup, but ignores the many disasters of recent contests.

The American fan is not only upset by these losses, but has lost faith in the JK regime due to the way in which we’ve played. The formation, tactics, line up, roster selections, and poor form have convinced many to discuss a change at the top.

It’s not immature. He’s had many years to begin correcting the issues and installing his style. Unfortunately, it appears we are regressing, and when that happens the criticisms rightfully come.

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Oh I see because Klinsmann’s amazing coaching got us out to the group of death (which wasn’t) stupid US fans like me now expect too much. We suddenly expect our youth teams to win world cups (not, just expect them to play like a team). It’s Klinsmann’s amazing successes that have now caused us to expect too much. Yet again he blames someone else.

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