Why does the USA soccer team have to show some cojones?
Here’s the truth behind my visceral disgust at watching the U.S.A. lose to Mexico in Mexico: it’s not as if anyone in the U.S. really expected them to win … besides me, really. I wanted to will them to win. But soccer in the United States needs its own Lake Placid “Miracle on Ice” moment; they need to do the unthinkable — but yesterday, as has been their fashion.Typical to their collapse against the Brazilians in the ConFed Cup, the U.S. squad plays like boys against men. No, like teenagers playing basketball with their father, and their father can’t move but still shoots the sky hook to perfection. Basically, the U.S. has all the skill, all the talent, and — dare I say it? — all the heart! But they have none of the wisdom it takes to go into enemy territory and vanquish a rival. It’s not enough anymore that they were simply there. That was for the days of Alexi Lalas, when the US played boom and run soccer (an advanced form of keepaway), because they had no attack. This loss does no
The USA soccer team has to show some cojones and pony up when it counts. The good news is that the USA is still in contention for the FIFA World Cup in … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_0_t&usg=AFQjCNH5U-JHB2IlnLrSrOxOzRvH24eNDg&cid=1292498270&ei=rAeESoDnMZXa8wTr4Nkp&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetakeaway.
