We've always known that a U.S. national team game on U.S. soil conjures a strange world,
indeed.
On the one hand, I always appreciated what it meant in the bigger picture. People come from
other lands to share in the opportunities of our great country, and I personally have zero issue
with that.
As much as I'd like to rant and rant about the fact that referees continue to find ways to screw
up nearly every MLS match, what's the point. It's tough as an observer and fan to look at a call
that potentially cost your team a point with an objective eye. We're forced to temper frustration
with the reality of the difficulty involved with officiating a professional soccer match and
remember that in the end, they're only human.
According to a report from Soccer By Ives, Thomas Rongen is no longer the coach of the U-20
National Team. We've been calling for this for years, and it appears that his failure to take one
of our best U-20 teams to the World Cup was the final nail in the coffin. Or was it...
From SBI:
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