Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Sunil Gulati Under Attack...Finally

Juergen Klinsmann has let slip the dogs of war...and Sunil Gulati is cowering behind closed doors and the bland "no comment" response.  In an interview during the recent Kansas City- Chivas USA game, Klinsmann's comments about why talks broke down incited rage and hysteria amongst the fans and media.  Here is some further reading on the matter:

Ives Galarcep at Fox Soccer
Jeff Carlisle at ESPN Soccernet
Ryan Rosenblatt at All Things Footy
Jason Davis at Match Fit USA
Richard Snowden at Soccer365
Grant Wahl at Sports Illustrated

If you read those, you will see, and hopefully agree, that Sunil Gulati isn't the President of the USSF much longer.  It's a sad and pathetic veil of secrecy that Gulati is hiding behind.  US Soccer needs some transparency, and Gulati and the USSF are becoming as corrupt and misleading as FIFA and CONCACAF.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Jurgen Rattles the Saber

As has been reported over at The Shin Guardian, Jurgen Klinsmann stated in an interview during last nights Kansas City-Chivas USA match, that US head honcho Sunil Gulati did contact him about the "vacant" US coaching position.  But ultimately the sticking point was Gulati's refusal to allow Klinsmann control of the "technical staff" within US Soccer.  Fishy says I, abomination says most everyone else. 

It does seem a bit immature that the parties involved couldn't agree to such a small thing such as control of the staff.  Do I think that Klinsy would come and immediately clean house?  No, not at all.  Thomas Rongen and Claudio Reyna are doing great thus far and Klinsmann probably just wanted to be able to advise those two on the methods and madness of each.

Something to keep an eye for any future interview with Gulati, though we all know that it's unlikely that Gulati comments on it. 

MLS Reserve League at TSG

Here is a link to my latest piece from a few days ago, over at The Shin Guardian.  It's on the impending return of the MLS Reserve League.

http://theshinguardian.com/2010/09/15/mls-reserve-league-a-test-of-league-strength/