The U.S. Soccer Federation wasted little time in find a Head Coach after firing former coach Bob Bradley early this week. Team USA will now be managed by German Juergan Klinsmann who brings a considerable resume with him both as a player and a coach for Team Germany. Klinsmann won a World Cup as a player for West Germany in 1990 and retired with 11 career World Cup goals. He also lead the Germans as a coach to consecutive World Cup semifinals in 2006 and 2010.
Klinsmann had been contacted twice before by the U.S. Soccer Federation to discuss possibly joining Team USA but the Federation chose to go with Bradley instead. Bradley had a promising start to his coaching career after the 2006 World Cup but failed to deliver beyond the Round of 16 in the 2010. Team USA continued their mediocre level of play into 2011 and capped Bradley's tenure with a 4-2 loss to Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final despite holding a 2-0 lead.
Whether or not the addition of Klinsmann will do anything to invigorate US Soccer remains to be seen but the move has certainly been received positively. Klinsmann will now have less than 2 weeks to prepare his team for their next contest August 10th in a friendly against Mexico.
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