Send-Off Series Opponents Are Perfect Choices For the US Men’s National Team

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Published: February 21, 2010

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We have the technology to freeze ice in an indoor arena in South Florida. We are aware of the differing temperatures of the surface and what is comfortable for fans five hundred feet away, and we change it accordingly.

For baseball, we can alternate dirt, clay, grass, and artificial turf depending on the stadium, field, location, and temperament of the owners...and then we carve designs in the outfield.

So, for American soccer, is there anyway we can adjust an indoor facility to simulate the winter conditions the team will experience this summer in South Africa? Then, let's import a crowd of hostile fans and leave a mass of vuvuzelas in their designated sections.

Because those are the only details the USSF have left to address before the U.S. team heads off to South Africa. 

The U.S. team couldn't ask for a better range of opponents as it finishes preparations for the World Cup. Recently scheduled games against the Czech Republic and Turkey May 25 and May 29 respectively, complete a 2010 friendly schedule appropriate for the team's goals.

While to some the first friendlies of the New Year may have been disappointing, they were exactly what the program needed. Many of the core team were unavailable, but the supporting cast, or possible supporting cast , would be available for duty. The opponents reflect the situation.

Both Honduras and El Salvador are great challenges for a supporting cast. The teams are relatively competitive, and the first test for a men's national team player is to handle regional opponents. If the athlete can't, then he is not ready for players of a higher calibre.

Once they play El Salvador, the team's performance will tell fans whether or not there are any more diamonds in the rough hiding in the player pool. If the team doesn't fair well, then we may see an entirely different supporting cast during the 2014 qualifying cycle.

Understand, this situ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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