Bob Bradley: Lack of concentration has kept US national team at bay – CONCACAF Gold Cup News
The defeat to Panama still haunts the US national team and to top the anxiety, the upcoming game on Tuesday night against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 Park has become a win-or-go-home situation.
The 2-1 loss to Panama last Saturday made the Stars and Stripes, and head coach Bob Bradley, a major target of criticism. However, the coach plans to make drastic changes to the system to avoid such upsets from happening again.
US star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Landon-Donovan-c21646 shared the same sentiments as another upset will be ample to make history – one that does not read too well. The US national team has never been relegated in the group stages on the confederation front.
“We have to be very careful not to get caught up in one result, one way or the other,” Donovan said Monday in a press conference. “So as much as we pick apart the game against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Panama-c2978, the reality is we got punished for being a little lackadaisical.”
Making their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 all the more difficult, the team has to secure at least a two-goal margin victory to oust Panama from the top of the Group C table.
The head coach lamented the lack of concentration that has become an integral part of the Yanks over the years. Losing the plot in the big games has become a habit with the 2009 Confederations Cup final being the most recent example, and not to forget the
disappointing exit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup last year.
Despite the fact that Les Gwada bear a reputation of being a mediocre team, the surprise factor has always helped them register upsets.
“We expect a hard game,” Bradley said. “It’s a talented team past Gold Cups show that as well. We understand what the game will be like and we prepare ourselves. Our team has always responded really well coming back from games we weren’t satisfied with and
I know that will be the case.”
However, much storied MLS star and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Los-Angeles-Galaxy-c39818 skipper, Landon Donovan, pressed on putting the disappointing results behind and concentrating on the midweek’s game.
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