After a "1998-ish" World Cup debacle by the US national team, it has been revealed for all to see that Bruce Arena has no tactics hidden away in his mind. They must have accomplished their 2002 feat on hard work and surprising the other teams. Nobody was going to be surprised this time, so you needed some surprising tactics to gain an advantage. Especially if you run into a problem where some players are not properly motivated, or they are outclassed unexpectedly, you need a tactical mind to overcome it. Unfortunately, he was not able to overcome this.
For that reason, he should be sacked. However, the problem we have is that I believe he is clearly the best American available for the job. Fortunately, this is a global game and we can choose someone from afar that can guide the team to the next level. Limited ourselves to only what our own domestic coaches can attain is going to hold our players back. It is time to move on. National pride be damned, because we now have players who are more capable than our coaching.
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