England National team coach
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RIO DE JANEIRO – These are truly odd times in soccer and here is the ultimate proof.
England, the nation that claims to have invented the modern game and has long nursed an insufferable superiority complex related to that fact, believes it has a lot to learn, from, wait for it … the United States.
The Jurgen Klinsmann-led U.S. World Cup campaign ended nearly a week ago but still tributes are pouring in. Mainly, incredibly, from the country that was derisive enough about American soccer ability that just four years ago its media mocked the "Yanks, " urging its own national team to win "the Soccerball World Series" when the sides met in South Africa.
Not anymore. Not after England flamed out of this tournament in timid fashion, collecting just a single point from Group D and suffering guaranteed elimination after just two games.
"The Americans can now teach us a thing or two about the game we invented, " wrote English coach Ian Holloway in the Daily Mirror. "We used to laugh about the failure of our American cousins to fall head over heels in love with the beautiful game.
Wayne Rooney and England haven't enjoyed much success at the World Cup. (AP)
"But they have made great strides and given the size of the country and the athletic and financial resources at their disposal it is only a matter of time before they produce a team to lift the World Cup. Watch out, the Yanks are coming."
Perhaps it is not surprising that England is down on its own national team following its woeful performance, but why is it that the U.S. is the lucky target of such effusive praise?
The answer could lie in the heart and desire shown by Klinsmann's squad. The U.S. was not blessed with great individual talent but showed fighting spirit and determination, two characteristics that England and its public hold dear.
"Talk about dying with your boots on, " gushed Holloway, who is currently manager of Millwall in the second tier English Championship, a former English Premier League coach with Blackpool and Crystal Palace, and a regular media pundit.
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