Arrivederci, Il Bruce
I'll take "News that's not really surprising to anyone who's been paying attention for $300," Alex. The answer: "A poor performance by the US Men's National Team led to his dismissal as head coach."
Yes, yes, we all know by know that Il Bruce's been sacked. You can find more about it here or here or here or here or even here and every place where good futbol is served up daily. There's much much speculation going on about who will fill his cleats, such as the newly freed-up Jurgen Klinsmann of Germany-by-way-of-California, but as I'm attempting to wean myself from the onslaught of World Cupness that has plagued this blog for the past five weeks, I'm going to head a different direction. Let's wonder, shall we, about where ol'Arena might be drawing his next paycheck. I do recall some months back that there was some speculation that Arena might be leaving as head honcho of the national team anyway, regardless of performance, and that he might return to coach in MLS. It seems like there's been a lot of coaching musical chairs this season, between New York and LA and such, so would it be out of the frame of possibility for Arena to end up back in the Majors? Shall I add him to the "I hear (insert name of renowned world futbol star approaching retirement here) is going to play for RBNY soon" rumour mill? And if he did come back to MLS, would he be welcomed?
Well, whatever happens, thanks for taking the team up a notch, Coach Arena, and good luck to you in whatever you do.
Man, it's been so long since I've been able to dedicate myself to the joy that is an MLS match that I'm going to dispense with the picks for this week, other than the sure-fire thing that DC will triumph over the Crew.
Yes, yes, we all know by know that Il Bruce's been sacked. You can find more about it here or here or here or here or even here and every place where good futbol is served up daily. There's much much speculation going on about who will fill his cleats, such as the newly freed-up Jurgen Klinsmann of Germany-by-way-of-California, but as I'm attempting to wean myself from the onslaught of World Cupness that has plagued this blog for the past five weeks, I'm going to head a different direction. Let's wonder, shall we, about where ol'Arena might be drawing his next paycheck. I do recall some months back that there was some speculation that Arena might be leaving as head honcho of the national team anyway, regardless of performance, and that he might return to coach in MLS. It seems like there's been a lot of coaching musical chairs this season, between New York and LA and such, so would it be out of the frame of possibility for Arena to end up back in the Majors? Shall I add him to the "I hear (insert name of renowned world futbol star approaching retirement here) is going to play for RBNY soon" rumour mill? And if he did come back to MLS, would he be welcomed?
Well, whatever happens, thanks for taking the team up a notch, Coach Arena, and good luck to you in whatever you do.
Man, it's been so long since I've been able to dedicate myself to the joy that is an MLS match that I'm going to dispense with the picks for this week, other than the sure-fire thing that DC will triumph over the Crew.
posted by MLS Fangirl @ 12:30 PM
3 Comments:
At 3:19 PM,
D said…
Class.
At 4:08 PM,
Anonymous said…
Nice post. But we ask you: Is the MLS big enough for Bruce's ego?
www.thebiglead.com
At 4:24 PM,
200percent said…
Really. Start a petition (or something - maybe hold the chairs of the USSF hostage or something?) to get Klinsmann in charge as soon as possible. He's probably the best young football coach in the world.
(At this point I would normally go off on a rant about why England decided to pick their new coach four months before the finals, when there was nobody available, compared to a few days after the finals, when a host of World Cup coaches of impeccable pedigree would have just resigned, but I'd probably only start sobbing or something).
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