No, but he is the technical director. He picked the man who does coach the U-23 team. Klinsmann made a point of integrating the Olympic players into the senior camp this January. He also referred to Olympic qualification as “the main task for 2015.” If we can’t judge him even on the goals he sets, what can we judge…

The team had to go for a result last night against a better team, thus, ugly soccer. Klinsmann will eventually be judged on how well he can win important games and create fluid soccer at the same time, but that’s impossible right now.