US Soccer Coach Jurgen Klinsmann Fired After World Cup Qualifying Match Defeats

That success, says Arena, has left him better prepared for the challenge of coaching the national team than he was the first time around. Whether developed at home or overseas, Arena will need the help of any and all eligible players after Klinsmann got the usa off to an 0-2 start in the Hexagonal.

The 52-year-old former German player was a member of his country’s World Cup winning team in 1990.

Bruce Arena was officially named US men’s national team head coach on Tuesday, returning for his second stint with the national team after Jurgen Klinsmann was sacked Monday.

Arena, whose 2002 lineup reached the World Cup quarter-finals before falling to Germany, said the United States squad has advanced in the years since his contract was not renewed after a first-round ouster in the 2006 World Cup.

Prior to his first stint with the US national team, Arena coached D.C. United to consecutive MLS Cup victories during the league’s formative years.

“I’m looking forward to our “foreign nationals” as well as our domestic players,” Arena said. “Working as a team, I’m confident that we’ll take the right steps forward to qualify”.

The squad posted a record of 55 wins, 27 draws and 16 defeats under the former German worldwide, who was named coach in July 2011.

Under Klinsmann, the United States have lost both of their World Cup qualifiers to date and were humbled 4-0 by Costa Rica last time out.

The federation reportedly negotiated with the Galaxy for most of the day Monday to secure Arena’s release from a two-year contract extension the coach signed with the MLS team earlier this fall.

Jermaine Jones and Pablo Mastroeni react to Klinsmann’s dismissal, and their thoughts on potential replacement Bruce Arena. We’ll have a tremendous 2017, and then hopefully a tremendous World Cup in Russian Federation. He guided the Americans to the team’s best World Cup finish since 1930, a 1-0 loss to Germany in the 2002 quarterfinals. “We’ve just gotta get them working together as a team”.

“If they hold a United States passport, they’re eligible to play”, said Arena whose 2002 World Cup squad included five foreign-born players. The decision brings to an end, at least temporarily, a pro career in which Arena became the most successful manager in the league’s history, the Carson-based team said in a statement. “You have to play with pride, and to me, that’s an important characteristic to have as a national team player”.

Speaking to reporters in Montreal following Toronto FC’s 3-2 loss to the Impact in the MLS Eastern Conference final first leg Tuesday, Bradley addressed the coaching change. He even doubled down on the idea by importing as many German-Americans as he could find, ruffling plenty of feathers in both the squad and the US federation.