10.7.15
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
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:
USA will play loser of tomorrow's Mexico-Honduras Group B match in Olympic Qualifying semifinal Saturday at 3pm ET. Broadcast on @Telemundo
— U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) October 7, 2015Set your Saturday calendar: US U23 vs Mexico/Honduras for a place in the Olympics, 3 pm ET. USA-Mexico for Confederations Cup berth, 9:30 ET
— Planet Fútbol (@si_soccer) October 7, 2015 - U.S.-Mexico oral history as told by the players who created it
Left on cutting room floor of US/Mex oral history was Hejduk's memory of partying w/the Gold Cup in tow. #usmnt pic.twitter.com/zo6AiruvO7
— Jeff Carlisle (@JeffreyCarlisle) October 6, 2015 - Good luck:
The cheapest single ticket (for 2 tix together) on Stubhub for the CONCACAF Cup is $149 #USAvMEX #USMNT
— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) October 6, 2015