Klinsi has the U.S. team rolling! ! !

While the rest of the football world was busy playing in competitions like the English Premier League, Spanish Primera, Bundesliga, Serie A or even the African Cup of Nations, some countries knew what the last few days were a perfect time for - international friendlies.

Clearly other countries are too lazy to work on their national team form, but thankfully Jurgen Klinsmann has the U.S. finally headed in the right direction with impressive 1-0 victories over Venezuela and on the road against Panama, when the U.S. was down to 10 men and outplayed most of the match. The U.S. win streak is now three, but there's still room to get aboard this bandwagon now!

Our 'Klinsi' made some important decisions, naming German bad boy Jermaine Jones a captain for the Venezuela match. There was also the recall of World Cup goat Ricardo Clark, who basically never plays anymore for German second-division side Eintracht Frankfurt.

Clark saw U.S. action for the first time since his ridiculous giveaway against Ghana in the World Cup. He scored the winner over Venezuela in the 97th minute, giving the U.S. its first victory over a South American opponent in five years!

Said Klinsmann: "I wanted to bring him into camp and see for myself why he was struggling. He had to get his fitness up to the level of the other players, so every day we pushed it a little more and a little more."

Judging from that remark, it's safe to assume that Clark was out of shape, no?

Clark had a different story: "It felt good to be with the national team. Germany’s training is pretty rigorous, so it is not too hard to stay fit."

Clearly 'Klinsi' has a handle on his side and with three straight wins, he has accomplished much this week in laying the groundwork for the U.S.:
"What we did in these last three weeks was get a really good picture. The reason why we need these camps, scrimmages, and games is to get a sense of them so we can help them take the next steps."

The next step could be threatening the world-record 15-match win streaks owned by Spain, Australia, Brazil and France. Only 12 more in a row to go!