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...
focus games goal goals player scores
He scores goals in big games and that's what a real goal scorer is about. Obviously, he's one player that we have to focus on.
beginning early fast goal team ticket
The Costa Rica team will play very strong, very fast in the beginning of the game, try to get an early goal and write their ticket to Germany.
certainly gets goals good guy three
He's certainly capable. He's a guy who's good around the goal. ... He scored three goals. That's sometimes how you're graded as a striker, and if that's the case, he gets an A for today. All three goals were great.
expected goals obviously second
I was not surprised. We expected them to play the way they did. They had two obviously outstanding goals in the second half.
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.
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.
forward goalkeeper looking starting time
This is the first time he'll be our starting goalkeeper so I know he's really looking forward to the challenge.
extremely games goal last main obviously round
Obviously our main goal has been accomplished. However, the last two games in this round are extremely important, not only from a competitive aspect, but also in evaluating players.
goal good hopefully jersey nice score supposed taylor understand
It was good to see Taylor score a goal because I understand he's supposed to be a goal scorer. It was nice to see him score one in our jersey ... hopefully there's many more to come.
goal team
The goal now is to make our team better for the World Cup.
ben effort goal individual olsen terrific
The first goal by Ben Olsen was a terrific individual effort as well as a big goal psychologically in the game.
basically brian couple decent game goal good half second
The second goal by Ching right at the end of the half basically put the game away. I think Brian did well. He established a couple of decent goal-scoring opportunities. Overall, it was a good performance.
domestic fatigue games kick number players
Our domestic players, who are still out of season, are very unfit for games at this level. You could see the fatigue set in for a number of our domestic players kick at about the 65 to 70-minute mark.
conflicts despite europe excellent fact game injuries players rash test veteran
Despite the fact we've had a rash of injuries and some conflicts with clubs, we feel this game is an excellent test for our veteran players in Europe as well as some new players in the team.