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...
demands hopefully hump last performance physical sharper sunday terms week
I think our performance should be better this week than it was last week. They're another week in camp, they should be getting over the hump in terms of the physical demands and they should be getting sharper on the ball. Hopefully the performance on Sunday will be better.
ankle broken fairly fit separation shoulder temporary
I think Claudio is fairly fit right now. Getting over the broken ankle was big. His ankle now is sound, so that's a positive. I think the shoulder separation is a temporary setback.
certainly coach explore ready retire viewed
I think I can coach there, but I need a team. That's a possibility, but you know how Americans are viewed differently there, but it is changing. If there is an opportunity, I certainly would like to explore it. ... I'm not ready to retire at 54 years old.
desire five great himself rekindled six weeks
I think he just had an outstanding five or six weeks with us. He's rekindled his desire to be a real player, and I think he's positioning himself to have a great World Cup.
anybody closed mind ruled terms wait
We haven't ruled anybody out. We don't have a closed mind in terms of the roster at this point. We're going to have to wait and see.
earn fair field point realize respect time
We realize that the respect that the Americans have at this point in time is small. Everything we earn, we have to earn on the field and that's fair enough.
advantage battle chances control created difference game half inability second won
I still think the big part of the game was our inability to take advantage of our control in the first half where we created chances and had a lot of the play. Their forwards won the battle and made a difference in the second half.
next showing
I think just showing up in the next two games, we could mathematically go through.
both chances effort game improved last played second teams
I thought it was a well played game for both teams. Both teams had chances in the second half. I thought our team had a much improved effort in the last 45 minutes.
best cup great move player position today tough
I thought he's had a tough go at it. But I think you see today he's a player with a really great upside. We're going to move him around as best we can and put him in a position to make the World Cup roster.
continue countries difficult grow smaller time
We haven't outgrown CONCACAF. I think you are going to see the smaller countries will continue to grow and we're going to have a very difficult time qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
environment opportunity stadium
Having the opportunity to get a feel for the stadium and the environment here is very valuable.
continues given goalkeeper improve opportunity talented terrific tim time
Tim continues to be a very talented goalkeeper that we think, given time and the right opportunity, is going to continue to improve and be a terrific goalkeeper at the international level. One day he will be the No. 1 goalkeeper for the U.S.
gave great jamaica night
Give Jamaica credit. I thought they did well. For the night I thought they gave great effort.