Articles tagged with "bruce-arena"
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 18th, 2006
If Arena were to leave, who would replace him?
I'd argue that Arena is the perfect fit for the national team right now, as the only ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 18th, 2006
It's no secret that Arena fancies coaching in Europe, and he reiterated that desire on Tuesday, when he faced questions from the visiting Italian media.
Will ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 17th, 2006
This is a couple of weeks old, but definitely worth watching. It's behind the scenes video at ESPN as Arena prepares to announce the roster. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 14th, 2006
Bruce Arena was asked about the level of media attention in 2006 compared to 2002, here's what he had to say:
"I don't know the exact ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 2nd, 2006
It's live on ESPN SportsCenter but it's even liver here at World Cup Blog. We're making history with a LiveBlog of Arena's roster announcement.
7:04 p.m. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 2nd, 2006
Proving that the World Cup is even more important than jump roping contests, United States coach Bruce Arena will reveal the players he has tapped ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | May 2nd, 2006
In around four hours time we'll know which 23 brave men Bruce is taking to Germany. We've been waiting a long time for this, and ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Apr 28th, 2006
Excellent bit of journalism on the Sports Illustrated website by Grant Wahl, in which he profiles Bruce Arena under the headline "The Best Coach Ever?" ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Apr 26th, 2006
Apparently there's an excellent show called "Los Técnicos" on Fox Sports En Español in which they interview all the World Cup coaches at length.
It was ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by WC Bob | Apr 20th, 2006
Italy coach Marcello Lippi
How the Czech Republic fare will depend greatly on whether (Jan) Koller recovers. He makes space in which his team-mates can attack. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Apr 12th, 2006
One eagle eyed World Cup Blog reader (thanks Mike!) spotted this hidden in the USsoccer.com match report from last nights game:
"U.S. Soccer is no ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Apr 10th, 2006
Bruce Arena will name a 35 man pool of players on April 12, less than 24 hours after the Jamaica game. The 35 will later ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 3rd, 2006
Our Czar of the USA Blog, Daryl, must have been inspired by Mexico coach Ricardo La Volpe's early selection of Mexico's World Cup roster because ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Mar 29th, 2006
Bruce Arena plans to name his 23 man roster on May 2nd, a full 13 days before the FIFA deadline. He also says he will ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Mar 24th, 2006
Bruce Arena says that taking on a full strength German side with MLS also-rans was a mistake, but I beg to differ.
If you're wondering ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Mar 24th, 2006
Though I'm sure The Bruce let messrs Berhalter and Conrad know what he though of their second half displays, he has also admitted that taking ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 22nd, 2006
Just another mid-week friendly three months before the start of the World Cup? No chance. This game takes on new meaning with a ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 28th, 2006
Arena has a more or less full squad to choose from for the game aganist Poland. Assuming he'll start with his strongest eleven, who should ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 23rd, 2006
Watching GolTV's excellent "Soccer America" show last night I heard Ray Hudson's opinion on the recent friendlies. He complained that the teams we played weren't ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 22nd, 2006
Bruce Arena has said not to read too much into any players missing from his roster for the Poland game, mentioning Eddie Pope and Jimmy ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 22nd, 2006
Bruce Arena has named a 20 man roster for the game against Poland on March 1st. It's 11 European based players and 9 from MLS. ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 20th, 2006
Which players from training camp will wish they could turn the clock back to December 2005?
Freddy Adu made his international debut (all eight glorious dive ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 20th, 2006
OK, so the winter training camp is over. Three good results and one not so good (hallo Canada) proved that MLS players can play international ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 18th, 2006
The same week that Eddie Johnson learned he would be leaving Dallas for Kansas City, the US striker returns to Texas to play in the ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 17th, 2006
Arena's been full of praise for Landon Donovan this week...
“I think he just had an outstanding five or six weeks with us,” Arena said. “He’s ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Feb 11th, 2006
Arena had plenty to say after the game. There's a complete quote sheet here. Edited highlights are as follows...
Clint Dempsey "is positioning himself for a ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 11th, 2006
I've never been a big fan of Taylor Twellman. The guy scores a ton in MLS but in international play he has always looked ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 9th, 2006
It turns out that Japan wasn't on Bruce Arena's list of preferred opponents as the US continues its preparations for the World Cup.
"I didn't pick ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jan 23rd, 2006
Bruce Arena gave the teams uninspiring performance against Canada a "C" grade. "Why? Because it's January and you can't worry about it," Arena said. "I ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Daryl | Jan 22nd, 2006
Bruce Arena Has Named His Starting XI for the Canada game and it looks like this:
GK: Reis
RB: Hejduk
LB: Pearce
CB: Pope
CB: Conrad
DM: Ben Olsen
CM: Donovan
CM: Dempsey
RF: ...
