Yes, im glad you are engaging in a conversation. Identity is an "American" sports thing, i used ito describe an American team, thanks for clarifying more appropriate nomenclature. Was that so hard now?
As to US falling to bad luck, im just not buying it. Ive seen every USMNT game since the last Gold Cup, there has just been too much inconsistency. No body liked or supported Klinsmann more than i did, but i just don't see progress that is soley a product of Klinsmann that couldn't be duplicated if not improved by a different manager.
What seems very clear now is that Jurgen is doing a "rebuild" and making a lot of sacrifices in the short term to build something long term. However that is a philosophy i just don't agree with for this level of sport. That works for a league team, but national teams are essentially "all-star" teams, so it should be a "reload" not a "rebuild".. Jurgen seems to be building for 2018 by low pro removing all the veteran talent. Again, that is fine at a league level but why sacrifice the better talent? I mean, he keeps fielding inexperienced rosters in HUGE games! Tonk in the friendlies or some qualifiers, but not in tournament play!!
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