Jurgen Klinsmann and the U.S. Men’s National Soccer, with their 1-0 win last week over Costa Rica in a driving Colorado blizzard, saved themselves a lot of grief. The win followed the most trying week in the Klinsmann’s nearly two-year reign as the U.S. manager. The infamous Sporting News article, which questioned the 48 year-old German soccer legend’s tactics and, seemingly, sanity, was published to much fanfare. Good U.S. players got hurt and couldn’t play. The team was in last place in the CONCACAF region’s final round of World Cup qualifying, known as the “Hex.” There was plenty of hand-wringing all around (guilty). …read more
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