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ASN Morning Read: All the U-23s Do Is Win Games

After a resounding 4-0 win over Panama, Andi Herzog's group moves a game away from qualifying for the 2016 Olympics; Landon Donovan sounds off and stirs the pot; writing history.
BY Noah Davis Posted
October 07, 2015
7:55 AM
  • #Dominate: Yanks Finish Atop Group in Olympic Qualifying Tourney

  • USA. USA. "Before even taking the field on Tuesday for a 4–0 win over Panama, the United States knew it had won its Olympic qualifying group. The result gave the Americans a perfect record in the preliminary round, and they moved on to face the second-place team from the opposite group in a decisive Saturday semifinal."

  • Landon Donovan: "The reality is that now, anywhere else in the world, if this coach had those results, and they lose this game against Mexico, they'd be fired. I think if Jurgen wants to hold all the players to that standard, then he has to be held to that standard too."

  • Those words will make victory feel like a massive and historic achievement. But they’re setting up the U.S. for a precipitous fall if it loses. There typically are consequences to blowing a chance to "write a piece of history." It’s worth noting that Klinsmann works inside a comfort zone he denies his players and which certainly doesn’t exist for peers around the world. He’s under very little pressure and has the long-term, public backing of U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati, win or lose.

  • Big soccer day on Saturday:
  • U.S.-Mexico oral history as told by the players who created it
  • Good luck:

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