Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena is a former professional soccer player, and coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Arena is the former coach of the United States men's national soccer team and a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Arena has had a long and distinguished coaching career, and is considered to be one of the most successful coaches in North American soccer history. He was head coach of the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the...
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I don't think too many players played themselves onto our World Cup roster tonight, to be honest with you.
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I don't think too many players played themselves onto a World Cup roster tonight. There were some good performances for some, others were not so good.
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I don't think too many players played themselves on our World Cup roster tonight. There were some solid performances, but nothing that would make a strong case for a variety of players. It was okay for some players, others not too good.
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The Costa Rica team will play very strong, very fast in the beginning of the game, try to get an early goal and write their ticket to Germany.
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I'm not sure he's been real patient. I think it's his time.
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I'm not saying anyone's in or anyone's out after tonight. But Taylor's chances are looking as good as they did (after the Norway game). He's had a good couple weeks, and he's certainly putting himself into a good position. Tonight's play didn't hurt.
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If you told me I had to hand in a roster tomorrow, I could do it. However, we know from experience -- at least from the last time -- a lot of things happen.
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I like the fact that we're not playing at altitude (as in Mexico City), and Columbus is as good a venue as we can select. We have no excuses. We need to step on the field and win.
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I'm real pleased with this seven-week camp we've had to bring back players into the swing of things.
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The Gold Cup is the biggest headache on the schedule. We want to be respectful of the confederation championship and put our best team out there and try to win it. However, our focus has to be on World Cup qualifying. Those 10 games are the most important.
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The German team needs a win because the public demands it.
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The draw is important for a country like the U.S. For a country like Brazil it doesn't matter. And the only way anybody determines whether you did well or not is how you advance.
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The foreign coaches have put a lot of pressure on the English way of doing things, and that's going to be for the better in the long run.
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The first goal changed the game and once they got the second goal they played very well. Give them credit. They played well. They played with a confidence and, without a doubt, they were the better team tonight.