Oh Klinsmann, I used to be a fan of yours, that German team that won Italia 90 was impressive, Lothar Matthaus, Matthias Sammer, Bodo Illgner... I could name all the German players on that team, not only that, Klinsmann was a great finisher, nothing like Magico Gonzalez or Maradona but yeah, he was a great player who won a world championship with a very good team.
Saying "is unrealistic to win a world cup," was a huge red flag, even the dumb dudes that work for ESPN acknowledged that, that one guy named Skip Bayless that knows nothing about sports acknowledged it, how embarrassing. I was a true supporter of Klinsmann until that day, to make things worse; he leaves out Donovan and Corona for players such as Davis and Wondolosky, oh yeah and he brings some reserve kid from Germany. I am with Donovan on this one, he disrespected possibly our second best player ever, after Hugo Perez.
Well, coach K (Klinsmann) gets a miracle win vs Ghana, out of a set piece, lets give him that one, coach K did find a way to beat a very strong African team. He lost 3 points vs Portugal when Portugal was missing 2 of their best players and with an unhealthy Ronaldo, then he gets dominated from Germany when the Germans took a walk in the park.
There comes the big game, we knew "it was unrealistic," because coach K told us before the tournament even started, we got completely dominated vs Belgium, Jones and Bradley's physicality weren't enough, we had not real attacking threat on that team except for Dempsey, Bedoya did almost nothing, Corona was watching the game from Mexico, and the player he chose over Donovan, the "great" Wondolosky missed one of the lonely chances we had with an open net, the chance that could have been the biggest miracle in sports history. Well, we all know what happened at the end, I don't need to tell you how much I screamed "#@#@#%$##@ Klinsmann," at the local Wild Winds, with bunch of NFL, MLB and college football fans that know nothing about soccer.
Here comes the best; now he is calling to the national team a 24 years old second division player, a second division "sensation." Do we even have a second division in America? How many teams are there? How long is their season? Is this a joke? Please somebody tell me this is just a terrible terrible joke, is not April yet is it?
Klinsmann is calling a second division "sensation" for what reason? We don't have any young American player anywhere in first division? Any young prospect MLS may have?
Anywhere in the world, a coach will get fired the minute he said he can't win a tournament, anywhere... could you imagine Phil Jackson leaving Kobe Bryant out of the Olympic team? Could you imagine an MLB coach saying we can't win the Baseball classic? Could you imagine coach K taking a high school "sensation" to the NCAA tournament?
Luis Silva with 11 goals and carrying his team DC United to the top of east conference is 25 isn't he? a true representative of American street soccer players straight from Los Angeles, why isn't Silva on the roster?
Well, good luck Klinsy, I truly hope everything works out for you, the next time we get dominated by a decent team (Belgium never won anything in soccer) like Belgium, I am done, I won't "believe" anymore, I can't, I just can't do it with the type of decisions you make.
There are about 60 million hispanics leaving legally in this country, is still a mystery why we can't compete with the rest of the world... maybe because our second division is a bigger joke than Jim Rome and Collin Cowherd combined?
