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Herrera fired for being bad and punching a media member at the Philly airport. If they hired Bob Bradley, I'd be [expletive] terrified.

Mix has looked terrific at left mid in the diamond. 5-3. This game was a blast.

Pirlo has initiated two counter goals with eviscerating deep passes in four minutes. 4-2 NYC in a very fun game. The way he puts every pass on the receiver's strong foot, in-stride never stops being amazing.

I want to do to this third place game what the great one did to John Terry today. https://t.co/iHGAH9bzsa Zlatan forearm shiver.

Deuce now has the most non-PK goals in USS history. Good thing he scored because the pursuit of LD is pretty much the only thing this game is good for. I love this man. His effort in this stupid game shows everything that has made him great.

Interesting read about the modern game: http://www.complex.com/sports/2015/07/the-soccer-revolution-is-here-are-you-ready

Born in 1999. We are soon going to have professionals born in the 2000's. Actually we probably already do. Here's what it looks like when a kid scores against Chelsea: http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/post/2015/07/23/goal-tyler-adams-heads-cross-castellanos?autoplay=true That's so cool. Brian Dunseth was raving about his whole performance on twitter. I haven't seen anything other than this, but apparently he's one to watch. This is so key. Been thinking about it today. Player development cannot be a national program. It just can't. Even in small countries it has to be at the local level, let alone our giant country. That's what we've largely had up until a few years ago with Bradenton and no MLS academies. Player development has to come at the professional club level. Unless you're a dual national or a kid with an EU/Mexican/South American passport, that means MLS. Having disdain for the only mechanism through which US Soccer becomes elite is the dumbest part of Klinsmann's approach. Even dumber than taking the best passer (MB) and turning him into the midfield runner. Even dumber than letting your ego affect player selection. The club is where these players spend most of their time. Thank god MLS clubs are starting to see real dividends on and off the field from investing in their academies or we'd never move forward. Not only is Klinsmann pushing it at the youth level, he's pushing it at the senior level. That's why John Brooks and Ventura Alvarado are playing and Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler are way better players. Because they're 22 and "the future" even though Besler and O have at least one more cycle in them.

FLY HIGH, YOU PROUD MEXICAN EAGLES!

Ugh

Typical last gasp dubious PK gives Mexico an opp to tie despite playing vs ten most of the game. Fans toss [expletive] on field, fan rushes the field,10 min delay, Guardado buries it.

If CONCACAF is serious about being the best, someone will tell Deuce to run out and power bomb Guardado through the Spanish announcers table right before the PK.

The gold cup rules so hard. This is the best tournament. This is so stupid.

OF COURSE

Well Mexico is [expletive] their shorts and a 16 year old NYRB II player named Tyler something lit Chelsea the [expletive] up so there are still good things about soccer.

Yeah, I guess that's my point. I was on board with firing both Arena and Bradley. Ultimately my biggest frustration with Jurgen is his unearned status as untouchable. There was pressure on the other coaches. There was accountability. I don't see it with Jurgen.

Can you explain what you mean here? He's a big name, he's a global legend, he gets coaches like Joachim Lowe to say things like "the U.S. are becoming really dangerous" when in reality we're as dangerous as we've been for 13 years but because people pay attention to Jurgen, they're paying attention to the U.S. He says the right things about playing attacking soccer, developing players to play at the highest level in Europe and overhauling the youth development system to be like it is in Germany and other "real" soccer countries. In reality after playing for some of the biggest clubs Americans have ever played at, his regime has seen a mass migration to MLS rather than the stated desire for their players to be in the champions league. The reality is that the teams he coaches are more conservative and have less flair than any teams under Bradley and Arena. Him being famous and winning a World Cup doesn't make any of our players famous. The Sunil Gulati's who want to make money and amass credibility and power through celebrity, the fans who love big clubs in Europe or just want US players with higher FIFA scores all coveted Jurgen for years because he was glamorous, European soccer royalty regardless of the ample evidence that he wasn't actually a good coach. Bob Bradley wasn't sexy. Bruce Arena wasn't sexy. That's true, but their teams were prepared and played to their strengths. They delivered on their expectations. Jurgen just doesn't.

This is a perfect example of the faulty logic he hides behind. That was a) a friendly and b) an era of unprecedented run of Mexican failure in Azteca that multiple shitty teams exploited. It's impossble to credit him for that. Even if you wanted to evaluate a real result there, you look back to that draw in qualifying and it was on the back of Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler dominating. Where were they tonight? They were both great in the World Cup. They're in their prime. Whats the logic?

I hope Mexico curb stomps everybody, beats us in the fall and Dempsey, Howard, Beckerman, Jones and Beasley retire. Only because Jurgen would resign before getting fired and that's the only shot we have of a real manager in 2018. Those dudes are all old as [expletive] and he relies on all of them from degrees ranging from a lot to completely. We'd never get out of the group without Deuce and he's 32. He's my favorite athlete ever, but Jurgens entire regime has been about the idea of progress. Those dudes are ollllld.

Rob Stone can [expletive] right off talking about friendly results.

There are so many terrible precedents set by this loss that it's crazy. "@RyanRosenblatt: - Earliest Gold Cup exit since 2003 ✅ - First Gold Cup elimination by team not named Brazil, Mexico or Colombia ✅ Not great for the #USMNT" "@Soccerwriter: Let me update that last tweet: The last time #USMNT lost to a Caribbean team on US soil in WCQ was 1968, a 1-0 defeat to Haiti." "@MLSAnalyst: First time US have lost in QFs or SFs of Gold Cup to anyone from CONCACAF. Previous losses were Brazil x2 & Colombia. #USMNT" "@ChrisRyan77: Jurgen doesn't write his own raps" Really excited for the impending buck passing.

I'm never really a root against your team to get someone fired kind of guy. People who know what they're watching should be able to tell what's going on regardless of results, but I'm a little glad this happened. A lot of people have been hesitant to go all in against Klinsmann for various reasons. He's famous. He's persuasive. His tenure has coincided with a lot of fan growth that doesn't have much to do with him. Most of the new fans aren't deep in the game enough to know he sucks. Certain media loves him. He can't hide from this performance though. He could hide from the World Cup because people bought the narrative that we were supposed to lose. We were, but we were also supposed to have a fighting chance with a tactical system that suited our roster. We were supposed to have Landon Donovan. He could hide from a run of friendly malaise because he pulled enough unexpected results out to distract from curious roster construction and incoherent tactics. This, though...this is one of the worst losses in USS history. He's a joke, he's brought nothing of substance to the table and he has to go for this team to move forward. He appeals to all the worst insecurities of the U.S. Soccer community and has been hiding his bull [expletive] in plain sight for 4 years now because too many people prefer the illusion of international credibility and notoriety to quiet progress and steady development. Just because a famous guy tells you he's doing a great job doesn't mean he doesn't suck.

Shouts to Matt Besler and Bob Bradley.

I dvr'd this. Who is to blame other than Jurgen?

Tim Howard is coming back. http://www.noshortcorners.com/2015/07/howard-talks-usmnt-return.html

'91 Bulls.