Landon Donovan Is Right: Jurgen Klinsmann Must Beat Mexico or Face Consequences

By Michael Cummings
at Internationaled.org

Published: October 7, 2015

Landon Donovan is right: If Jurgen Klinsmann can't win this one, he needs to go.

Donovan, a retired United States international, recently suggested that the current men's national team head coach should be fired if the U.S. can't beat Mexico on Saturday in a one-game playoff to determine CONCACAF's representative at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Speaking to ESPN FC, Donovan said:

Around the world, if a player plays poorly and a player has a bad string of results, they get dropped from the team. Jurgen said many times he wants our players to feel pressure—so if they lose a game, they can't go to the grocery store the next day. If they lose a game, they are getting hammered in the press.

Well, the same holds true for the coach, and so we had a very poor summer with bad results in the Gold Cup. The last game against Brazil was probably the worst game I've seen them play under Jurgen. The reality is that now, anywhere else in the world, if this coach had those results, and they lose this game against Mexico, they'd be fired.

I think if Jurgen wants to hold all the players to that standard, then he has to be held to that standard too.

Donovan did not quite say so explicitly, but his implication was clear: If the U.S. loses to Mexico on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl, Klinsmann should lose his job.

And he's right, of course.

The U.S. failed at the 2015 Gold Cup, crashing out in the semifinals against Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz played well in the tournament, but based on the talent available to both countries, the U.S. should have won the game. In fact, based on talent, the U.S. should have reached the final comfortably.

Some of Klinsmann's decisions directly hurt the U.S. in the Gold Cup, however, especially his insistence on pairing John Brooks and Ventura Alvarado in central defense. The two simply weren't ready for the res...

Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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