USA update: it appears Sunil Gulati may make another run at Jurgen Klinsmann as the next coach.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-c...cc=5901&ver=us
Watch the video, he makes excellent points.
12 years living here and I believe that's all been spent in California. Charismatic and perhaps one of the world's better strikers (in his time) can show our forwards how to put the ball in the net in the World Cup. We haven't had a striker score since Brian McBride in 2002.
Now, about England. Steve McManaman and Klinsmann gave their thoughts on ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5333633
What bothered me about England was they played way too slow. When they moved the ball upfield, there weren't a whole lot of meaningful runs being made to make their attack quick. Rooney never seemed to get any space so a team mate could feed him the ball. A lot of standing around, waiting for the defense to hiccup or for an offensive player with the ball to move the ball around and not attack the defense, themselves.
When they went down 2, they played with that sense of urgency you need but, even with the disallowed goal, they still needed to come out and play in the second half and they didn't. David James said he felt that if the goal would have been allowed, Germany would have folded (?!?!?!). Mind boggling. Well, there is a barometer for England to measure themselves by now in the years leading up to 2014; the Germans. They've got a lot of young guys that will be playing in the next couple of world cups. It will be interesting to see what the new guard in England looks like, since the bulk of core players from this team will be retiring from international competition.