1 Man’s Opinion

World Cup 2014

He’s going to do it his way…this will not work-at least not this summer.

The US World Cup soccer team, which captured the fancy of our country four years ago with its spirited comebacks, opens play today in Brazil when they play the Ghana Black Stars.

Jürgen Klinsmann is running the show and it is definitely his rules, his style, his roster, his opinions.  It’s all that counts.

And Landon Donovan no longer counts in the plans of Team USA.  The best player our country has ever had, the face of soccer and the growing MLS, will not be on the pitch this afternoon.  Thrown aside like a worn out soccer shoe with holes in it.  The coaches decision has left a huge hole in the roster, a hole in the American heart. (more…)