Fans In Times Square Watch As U.S. Gets Eliminated From World Cup

The fallout from the U.S. soccer team’s exit from the World Cup is vocal and passionate, with critics quickly taking shots at U.S. Soccer’s management, goals and the role that MLS has in the development of U.S. talent. American soccer czar Sunil Gulati, who will have the challenge of re-charging this stalled effort, offers the most obvious observation, saying succinctly, “We’ve got a long way to go to be consistently competitive with the best teams in the world.” But it isn’t only U.S. Soccer, players and coach Bruce Arena getting hammered today — ESPN’s Dave O’Brien is again the target of media writers, and not just the “little clique of soccer fans” he likes to call his critics.

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