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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The second goal by Ching right at the end of the half basically put the game away. I think Brian did well. He established a couple of decent goal-scoring opportunities. Overall, it was a good performance.
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I was not surprised. We expected them to play the way they did. They had two obviously outstanding goals in the second half.
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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.
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Obviously our main goal has been accomplished. However, the last two games in this round are extremely important, not only from a competitive aspect, but also in evaluating players.
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It was good to see Taylor score a goal because I understand he's supposed to be a goal scorer. It was nice to see him score one in our jersey ... hopefully there's many more to come.
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What this group has managed to do is not let anything get in the way of their goals in qualifying and winning games. We miss a player due to an injury or a suspension, they don't blink an eye, they just move forward. If they're in games where the officiating may be a little bit questionable, it doesn't bother them. They just keep their concentration and get after the task at hand.
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This is the first time he'll be our starting goalkeeper so I know he's really looking forward to the challenge.
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This is obviously a great win for the United States and we're pleased to have qualified for Germany. In the second half, getting those two early goals made the difference in the game.
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He scores goals in big games and that's what a real goal scorer is about. Obviously, he's one player that we have to focus on.
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He's certainly capable. He's a guy who's good around the goal. ... He scored three goals. That's sometimes how you're graded as a striker, and if that's the case, he gets an A for today. All three goals were great.
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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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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.
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The first goal by Ben Olsen was a terrific individual effort as well as a big goal psychologically in the game.
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The goal now is to make our team better for the World Cup.