I'm told U.S. Soccer has reached an agreement with Bruce Arena to have him return as #USMNT head coach. #DominosFalling— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) November 21, 2016 Suspect Bruce Arena will lead USMNT through World Cup 2018, with Tab Ramos a leading candidate to take over post-2018.— Subscribe to GrantWahl.com (@GrantWahl) November 21, 2016
Do you live in the States? If so, change the channel to NBCSN. Kyle Martino, who graduated from UVA where BA coached, creaming his pants over the possibility o this happening. US Soccer media hacks are in toolerific mode today.
Damn, I missed it. But I've found the video on Pro Soccer Talk. Thanks a lot for pointing it out! Martino's hubris, though... Like the USMNT represents some historic football heavyweight with a God-given right to reach World Cup semifinals. Funny, how the Yanks get their panties in a bunch when Klinsmann calls them out on their delusions regarding the talent on the team and within U.S. football in general. Had a few MLS fans trying to convince me recently that the U.S. would beat Italy and that Serie A, with the exception of Juventus, had worse teams than their own retirement league. I smiled. Considering the present political climate, hiring Arena would just be a logical consequence. In 2013 he gave vent to his feelings about Klinsmann's call-up of dual nationals... "Bruce Arena unhappy foreign-born players picked for U.S." U.S. xenophobia and loss of touch with reality among media and fanbase, in terms of their domestic talent level, will make it tough to attract any of the big international names they're currently fantasizing about. Potential candidates are most likely aware of the expectations to make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t. Gulati should hire Abby Wambach along with Arena to make sure that no inferior foreign human life form enters the team. She could check family trees, political backgrounds and ask prospective national team players to name all 44 U.S. presidents.
Will he stick to his word though? That is the question. As much as he may want to, it's hard to imagine their team without Johnson, Chandler, Brooks, Jones, Johansson and whoever else fits this criteria. They'd also have to say goodbye to the second coming of Xavi aka Nagbe.
Arena is as delusional as the come. More quotes from that SI interview... The fact that Arena includes a stick ball manager and an American rugby coach in his football comparison, tells you everything you need to know. A little earlier he told the NYT... The guy's quite a catch!
Just when you think it couldn't get any better... Arena not ruling out calling up Donovan to USMNT Landon Donovan and Bruce Arena reunited at the LA Galaxy earlier this year, and there is a chance they could do so again with the U.S. Men’s National Team in 2017. “I haven’t had any conversations with Landon. I think at this point in his career that’s probably not likely, but we wouldn’t rule it out,” Arena told Jason Whitlock on FS1’s Speak for Yourself program on Tuesday. “He hasn’t decided whether he’s going to go back into retirement or continue to play for the LA Galaxy or another team in Major League Soccer.” “Landon is a very good player,” said Arena. “He reminds me of when David Beckham was at his age and Robbie Keane, who played with the Galaxy and who we’ve seen just retire internationally. Landon could still help the team. He’s not the same player he was 10 years ago, but he’s still a very good player.”