“I think it’s been extraordinarily unfair. I think it’s fine to criticize the results of the team and the performance — that’s part of sports and Bruce is the head of the team, that goes with the territory — but to challenge his experience, his ability, his know-how, his decision making is, just to me, not credible given his record over the last eight years with our team and his record in general. He didn’t become a bad coach in two weeks.”
— U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati on criticism of national team coach Bruce Arena after the USA’s quick exit from the World Cup. (Washington Post)