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In my life - outside of family - there are three people who have influenced me the most, whom I can
point to as being a true role model for me. One was Paul Oberjuerge, my former editor at The San
Bernardino Sun, who gave me my start in journalism and allowed me to cover soccer back in 1998. The
other was a trainer I had at my local gym, whom you will hear about soon enough.
In my life - outside of family - there are three people who have influenced me the most, whom I can
point to as being a true role model for me. One was Paul Oberjuerge, my former editor at The San
Bernardino Sun, who gave me my start in journalism and allowed me to cover soccer back in 1998. The
other was a trainer I had at my local gym, whom you will hear about soon enough.
I just finished writing my column for The Press-Enterprise. Shockingly, it was on Bradley and
Klinsmann and how the move was the correct one.
Now, I'll post a link when it's published but one of the points I made is one I've blogged about
here. I translated the results from the Gold Cup over to World Cup qualifying and said that the U.
Bob Bradley had his many detractors for various reasons but one anti-Bradley sentiment centered on
his choice of one player - Jonathan Bornstein.
The 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year did well in his initial call-ups to the national team but overall
has had an up-and-down time of it with the United States, mostly down.
Bob Bradley is gone from the US national team, and with his ouster and impending replacement, the
national team figures to undergo change. Certainly this team will be different now that Bradley is
gone, with some new faces coming in and some old faces gone.
Who stands to gain from the move?
Stunned.
As much as this move was warranted and as much as many U.S. supporters wanted to see it happen, my
first reaction to the news that Bob Bradley had been fired was that.
U.S. Soccer hasn't sacked a coach since 1998, and before that... well, that might as well be
ancient history, right?
Not long ago, someone with a long history with US Soccer was talking to me about Bob Bradley, and
about what I thought about him continuing as coach of the men's team.
I answered honestly that I thought it had been a mistake to retain him, but that I didn't see it as
an error that U.S. Soccer would rectify.
My SI.com article got quite a bit of response, and I've posted a few emails here that are pretty
representative overall.
From M.S.:
C'mon Andrea, everyone knows what a mean and nasty bastard Wynalda is -- he's lucky to still have a
job on the air with his bitter criticism of everyone and everything always leaking out all over the
place.
My latest piece for SI.com is up, and while I worked hard to both confirm the story and verify
facts with US Soccer itself, I was accused by some in the organization of "tabloid journalism".
Never mind that what Michael Bradley said was done publicly, even though it was a small group of
people.
Is it time for Bob Bradley to go?
Most US national team supporters will answer with a resounding "Yes!" when asked that question.
I've not been calling for Bradley's head on a platter or anything of the sort, but I'm starting to
think that removing him is the only way for the US to really move forward.
I suspect few of you get the reference to old Wendy's commercial from the '80s about how their
new burger was unlike the drab competition. Unfortunately, our USMNT seems unlikely to be much like
Wendy's in this respect.
Players are in the camp now for upcoming friendlies against Argentina this weekend and Paraguay
shortly thereafter.
