JacKass or Just Kidding?

Well folks, the United States' latest calamitous loss has brought major questions to the state of the program as well as the fact that our nation's Olympic dreams are in real jeopardy on one of the worst days in U.S. soccer history Saturday.  Here at IMOTGP, let's look at the aftermath.

1. Is it the fault of the JacKass or are we Just Kidding?

The person in the crosshairs, and rightfully so, is head honcho the bossman himself Jurgen Klinsmann, aka JK. So does that stand for JacKass or Just Kidding? MLS analyst Matthew Doyle provided a solid takedown of the Klinsmann era, and SB Nation's Kevin McCauley confirms, that yes, JK is a JacKass in his piece.

Well anyone who knows football didn't need to watch Saturday night to already know that. But does Klinsmann deserve to lose his job? The surprising answer is no. Yes, he's a mediocre and clueless coach. But we have a mediocre team with a complete mediocrity in charge of the program. There really is no reason to change anything, we'll keep losing to the teams in our region when it counts.

Who cares anyway if the people in charge of the program don't? These dummies will keep showing up regardless.  The JoKe is on us!!!

2.  Outside of Bradley, this team mostly sucks.

Michael Bradley is a fabulous player and showed it once again. Geoff Cameron is a true professional and we have good goalkeepers. But that's about it.

Clint Dempsey performed like a corpse. That was probably as good a performance as you can expect out of Jozy Altidore but what does that say? Fabian Johnson wasn't great and Gyasi Zardes was forced to defend most of the time. These are your attacking players?

When a lineup features Bradley, Jermaine Jones and Kyle Beckerman, you are saying you really don't want to attack. Our previous coach was derisively called 'Bunker Bob.' yet he would cringe if his team looked that insipid Saturday. 

3.  Stop saying "We beat Germany and the Netherlands."

Any idiot should know that friendly results are meaningless but U.S. fans seem clueless to this. At any rate, beating these countries isn't even impressive, and not just because they didn't care.

Since winning the World Cup, Germany have lost four times - including Euro 2016 qualifiers to Ireland and Poland. They needed a late goal from this loser to tie Australia at home. They barely beat Georgia at home to qualify for the Euros. Germany are the world champions but they are hardly a powerhouse.

The Dutch probably won't didn't qualify for the Euros. They are not very good. Things are so bad they are regularly using a player also eligible to play for India, a country known more for their cricket superiority. The Netherlands aren't 'total voetbal,' they are a total disgrace.

3. Mexico really wasn't great either

Mexico will represent CONCACAF in the Confederations Cup but they weren't great Saturday. They managed seven shots on target over 120 minutes for a pathetic total given they had the lion's share of possession. Chicharito finally scored against the U.S. but also missed chances. Mexico were timid in creating chances and were ripe for the picking. The game was screaming for Tecatito Corona, but he only came in in extra time.

Which brings us to number 4 ...

4. The real winner is ..

What Saturday proved is that Costa Rica is the real top team in the region. They had the best World Cup last year and won the real 'Group of Death.' They would have beaten Mexico in the Gold Cup if not for a joke of a call. If you love friendlies, they played Spain tough. That's meaningless but so many people focus on friendlies. Does anyone think Costa Rica would not beat the United States in a match that matters since they basically beat El Tri?  Costa Rica beat the U.S. 1-0 on Tuesday.

It says here that Costa Rica is the real king of CONCACAF - whatever that means.