I don't know if it was posted yet, or if there's anything to make of it, but check this out... Sure, Gulati and Capello are swapping ideas about the game of soccer, but who exactly is courting Capello? Is it an MLS team, or is it the USMNT? Either way, some American team has pursued him recently, and he's probably still considering.
this is a rehash of an older report... nothing new at all.. its expected of the American soccer media
Sadly, the USSF would rather we exquisitely spiral down in flames, defeat following defeat, than appoint someone who will insist on true control of the USMNTand the development of the players needed to make it a true contender. RoboBob is so well programmed, and Capello has shown just a wee bit of feistiness in his past---scary stuff for the Ryan Express.
To satisfy your fulsome curiosity, I was one of those people who were unhappy with Bradley getting the job to begin with. I was one of those people who thought that the current line of American managers [Sampson, then Arena] had brought the program about as far as they could, that the program had definitely reached a plateau around 2003, and that it was time for a top notch foreign manager to try and bring us to a higher level. That said, I was [and still am] willing to see Bradley prove me wrong. However, neither the play in friendlies, nor the performance in the Gold Cup [with the exception of the second half against Mexico] have shown any hint of offering something more than what his predecessors put out....... Let's leave the Copa America out of this, as it is too hard to disentangle what was Bob's from the USSF's responsibility for that fiasco. The players available are so much better, overall, than Sampson, or Arena in his early years, had to choose from. That the program seems so stagnant is no compliment to Bradley's leadership and vision. It is not a series of defeats that is the issue. Copa was sabotaged, and an individual loss to Sweden in Gotheborg, or to a Brazil, can always happen. It is that RoboBob seems to show no tactical development, no improvement in his choice of personnel, no sign, in other words, that each defeat is a lesson learnt with an insight for improvement ready for future application. The first "big" friendly we had, against Mexico, was not so different from this last one against Brazil. The main difference being that the first was almost all MLS and this last almost all Euro. But in both, it was The Bucket. In both it was a counterattacking strategy where the other team dominated possession. In both, substitutions were done reluctantly, late, and with emphasis more on seeking result than in developing a successful style of play for the World Cup ahead. Look, if Bradley would just speak frankly as to where this team stands, its inadequacies as well as its strengths, and speak frankly as to why certain players get all the chances, and others are given almost no chance at all-- explained his "vision" for the team, and how players fit in, and (most importantly) what evidence he has that it should lead to success in international play-- then I would be happier about the long term prospects under him.....But we get the exact opposite, we get good ol' terse and never say sorry RoboBob. Our growing talent should carry us through qualification. without difficulty..I hope...apres ca, le deluge.
To me, I've never seen the U.S's offense look as solid and together in offense as I have recently, and that includes the World Cup 2002, because I don't consider Arena an offensive coach. He seems more like a "play not to lose" coach than a "play to win". But back to the today's USMNT. Because of the past 20 years of soccer and the team improving each year, I haven't seen them look this good. Case in point; whenever you get the chance, check out how together the team looked in the play that made Dempsey's tying goal in the Brazil game. That was no accident. It was pure class. Bradley's doing a great job so far IMO, regardless of the fact that he's not a foreigner. I don't know how Cappello would do, but I think if the USMNT lost a game with Capello as coach, it would sting a lot more than if Bradley's UNMNT lost.
is it more because of Bradley, or because of development in talent... I think its the latter... especially since, in only one half, we have played the style of football that says we are attack minded... the Brazil game was let Brazil control the pace and we hit them on the counter... what bothers me is that whenever we scored a goal, Brazil was right back attacking us... and getting a great chance... when they scored, that was not the same...