Arnie Peltzer New York, N.Y. Why don’t you spell out what the U.S. Soccer leadership has against Lauren Gregg? U.S. Soccer is not entitled to the confidentiality of a private commercial concern. They have a special obligation to the American soccer public. Soccer America should have been able to get to the bottom of this. Instead, SA continues to act like the publicity arm for U.S. Soccer, feeding us fuzzy pap. Come on guys, you are suppose to be journalists. You should be tougher on the soccer bigwigs when you think they act to the detriment of the sport than you are on the players when they screw up on the field. Mike Woitalla: Let’s address the “publicity arm” bit first: There is no other media outlet that has scrutinized U.S. Soccer as intensely as Soccer America has during the last three decades. A look at Soccer America’s criticism of the Federation over the years easily refutes your accusation. As for the coaching appointment of the U.S. women’s national team, I would be very interested in seeing a valid argument as to why not hiring Lauren Gregg constitutes some sort of crime, as you seem to imply. Were you up in arms when Tony DiCicco was hired in 1994, instead of Gregg? DiCicco had been the team’s goalkeeper coach and had no substantial head coaching experience. Gregg was Anson Dorrance’s assistant coach and had taken Virginia to a final four as head coach. Well, the Federation thought DiCicco would be the better head coach and it worked out OK, I’d say. (1996 Olympic gold and 1999 World Cup win). Now April Heinrichs beats out Gregg. I do not see how that can be construed as a controversial decision, considering Heinrichs’ credentials. The Federation explained the choice by citing Heinrichs’ strengths. Do you really expect them to do it by listing Gregg’s weaknesses? (If you have a question for a Soccer America Magazine editor, click “Q&A with SA Editors” in the left column of the home page under “Interactive.”)