The Bruce Arena era of the US Men’s National Team is back for a second round. This time, his first - probably, only - task is to retrieve USMNT’s bid to qualify for the FIFA World Cup in Russia 2018. And, hopefully, to guide the team to some positive and memorable results once it gets there.
US Soccer fired Jurgen Klinsmann after the USA opened the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with back-to-back losses: a humbling home loss to Mexico and a humiliating trouncing on the road in Costa Rica. Sunil Gulati shut the door on Klinsi’s incessant tactical tinkering and brought Arena back in the hope of a quick fix to a situation that is not irretrievable, but could become so if a couple more games go against USMNT.