Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena is a former professional soccer player, and coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Arena is the former coach of the United States men's national soccer team and a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Arena has had a long and distinguished coaching career, and is considered to be one of the most successful coaches in North American soccer history. He was head coach of the U.S. at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the...
critical high note players promising results start strategies win year
The results in Guatemala and Costa Rica were not that critical to me. This one (against Panama) is. This is the one I want to win so we can end the year on a high note and at the same time, give some promising players some opportunities to play and start formulating some strategies for 2006.
attacking capable create hit nice players
Look, they're attacking players so they need to create goal-scoring opportunities. Those are my expectations of attacking players and they're players who are capable of getting goals. It would be nice to see one hit the back of the net.
critical defeat high results year
The results in Guatemala (0-0) and Costa Rica (3-0 defeat) were not as critical to me. This one is. We want to end the year on a high note.
decision good looking looks man shows wants wise
Looking at him, it was probably a good decision. He looks fresh, pretty fit. And I think he wants to be here. In the end, it shows it was a wise decision on his part and Man City.
camp finish head looked mistakes soccer touch
Now we have to head back to camp to touch up the mistakes we made today. Overall, we looked good. The soccer is there, we just need to finish all our chances.
coaches english foreign pressure
The foreign coaches have put a lot of pressure on the English way of doing things, and that's going to be for the better in the long run.
difference early goals great obviously pleased qualified second states united win
This is obviously a great win for the United States and we're pleased to have qualified for Germany. In the second half, getting those two early goals made the difference in the game.
coach couple dividends fitness hopefully minutes next pays run
You can run around all you want with a fitness coach but you have to play games. Getting 90 minutes in is valuable. Hopefully that pays some dividends these next couple of games.
gave great jamaica night
Give Jamaica credit. I thought they did well. For the night I thought they gave great effort.
ask played taylor
Sometimes that's how you're graded as a striker. Taylor is getting used to what we ask out of our forwards. He played well.
changed confidence game goal played second team
The first goal changed the game and once they got the second goal they played very well. Give them credit. They played well. They played with a confidence and, without a doubt, they were the better team tonight.
cup good onto others played players themselves
I don't think too many players played themselves onto a World Cup roster tonight. There were some good performances for some, others were not so good.
cup honest onto played players themselves
I don't think too many players played themselves onto our World Cup roster tonight, to be honest with you.
cup decisions final game last match obviously
The match in Cary is our last game before we make our final decisions on the World Cup roster, so it is obviously an important one for us.