There's another major problem in the U.S. with soccer. When a player plays well, the States try to bury him and make him as ineffective as the rest of the team.
At least that's what it seems like will happen with right back Timothy Chandler, who impressed anyone with a brain with his play in the new fire-red jerseys in friendlies against Argentina and Paraguay.
"Apparently that's not so usual in the U.S.," Chandler said. "But I said to myself that I play like this in Nuremberg - very offensive-minded, with lots of runs down the wings. I thought I'd do it like that here, too."
The loyal readers of this blog should not be surprised since we
spotlighted him back in February.
However, 'coach' Bob Bradley and 'star' Landon Donovan want him to not be attack-minded and be as boring as the rest of the team.
Bradley said: "It's not just going forward, it's making good decisions."
Said Donovan: "There's certain times when we want him to do things, and he's not quite there yet. But his pure willingness to attack is good."
Really, Donovan? He's not there? He only plays in a league that you flamed out of two or three times and he plays for a club that is in sixth place in that league.
This, our friends, is why the U.S. will never really improve at football. These idiots should be learning from Chandler, not the other way around.
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