Billy has low standards for success, thinks Klinsmann has been successful with the USMNT.

It will be interesting to see what happens to Portugal post Ronaldo. It’s also worth noting that at certain points Ronaldo’s Portugal benefited from having players like Nani and Pepe (when they were in top form) playing with him.

Portugal with Ronaldo ≈ USMNT

Ronaldo has been carrying Portugal on his back for many years. With him, they are one of the better teams in the world, and have had relatively good success at big tournaments for the most part.

I wasn’t there obviously, but Davies was probably at fault for letting someone drunk drive. He later was involved in another incident where French police confiscated his license for speeding. Bedoya would never dare to mock publicly his friend’s questionable decision making. People in glass houses.

what do you call a lesbian driving a big car full of penises?

Good point.

Let’s say this was the Brazilian soccer federation, would it make sense that Neymar and Marta would make the same? In a perfect world, yes. However, seeing how Neymar is worth a lot more money than Marta at the club level, it’s a bigger risk for him to show up for games on account that he might get injured. It would…

The only title that he ever won as a coach was a Gold Cup delivered to him on a platter by Donovan. This and the round of 16 is all he achieved in five years.

We’re pessimistic not only because of the loss at Guatamala, but also because of the Gold Cup failure, and the CONCACAF cup failure, and the not being in the Olympics or Confeds cup. Basically,the team has looked mostly bad since Klinsmann showed Donovan the door prematurely The team has not met any of Klinsmann’s…

That’s commitment!

Brooks scored that one goal against Ghana, and has earned a place in the history books. Still, as a defender he has yet to put in a good shift.

Boyd was/is a dud due to injuries. This is not Klinsmann’s fault, just like Stu Holden is not his fault.

Subotic wanted to play for the States, but the USSF youth coaches ignored him so he opted for Croatia.

Clark was subbed for a reason. He made the mistake that led to Ghana’s goal. He did not rise to the occasion. Bradley took responsability for that one.

Agreed, although Jermaine Jones was my hero in the last WC. If they're committed, they're okay in my book.

I’m a big Klinsmann critic and think that he is guilty way more than you do.

Donovan’s loans to Everton were quite successful (especially the first one), and he followed it up with an amazing WC that proved that he is a world class player. Yes, he never became an international superstar, but he is still the greatest American to ever play the game (and I mean this as a great compliment).

Bandwagoners can be annoying, but often they are the lesser of all evils, or even a blessing. The alternative is that the only people who watch the Olympics would be for example people who follow race walking regularly, and they would only be able to root for our race walkers and not our swimmers. Niche sports will…

pro-tip: Klinsmann actually wanted to win the official games that he lost. Saying that a loss was a learning experience is just a bullshit spin tactic to cover his sorry ass.