Success from the Odd Couple!!

Together Forever!

Fair is fair and the IMOTGP blog has to eat it after successfully predicting that the United States would advance at Copa America. The reality now is that the Odd Couple pictured above will get all the credit and continue their reign as the geniuses in charge of our programs.

As you know, that is still regrettable and the Paraguay coach chose to make fun of the U.S. team moments before he was fired. Regardless of that, the United States emerged as group winners after Colombia's B-team stumbled against Costa Rica, and now Klinsmann and Gulati can say they masterminded capturing the 'Group of Death.'

We believe it's up to the U.S. fan to decide how acceptable the team's performance is.  The results, of course, are 100 percent acceptable. And in that sense, it's not important how you play - and clearly a counter-attacking style is what the U.S. team has done in the past and will always excel at.  It is our opinion that it should be 4-4-2 and counter attack.

One thing that is clear is that the success is making Klinsmann spout his motivational bullshit yet again about 'going for it' and how we should 'take the game to those big teams and not just playing counter-break football.'  Just ask yourself if that is really what you are seeing or whether you are watching the tried and true U.S. style that we have employed for some time. We don't have a problem with the latter, just don't call it the former. And we'll see you in Seattle for the quarters - probably not against Brazil now.

WILL HERTHA BSC BECOME THE NEXT CHELSEA?

One positive that came out of the U.S. performance is the level-headed play of John Brooks. MLS analyst Matthew Doyle believes that Brooks can help Hertha BSC develop into the next Chelsea.

Doyle writes: "That inflection point for Brooks came this year with Hertha Berlin. He came into the year as a starter with potential, suffered an early-season muscle strain, then returned and locked down the starting role with a vice-like grip. During the winter break Bayern Munich were reportedly interested in his services, and a half-dozen other big-name clubs were all linked with a possible move at one point or another (personally I hope he stays with Hertha – they finished 7th, and have the same type of potential to grow into a great club that Chelsea did 15 years ago)."

If Doyle is correct, maybe Hertha can entice a coaching genius like Jose Mourinho or Pep Guardiola to join forces and lead us to the glory we so richly deserve as the team based in the capital city of the reigning world champions!