Jurgen Klinsmann's tenure as U.S. national team coach has had its ups and downs, which can happen with a coach who's trying to transform a program, but there was something different about Friday's stunning 2-0 loss to Guatemala that feels like rock bottom.
In the past nine months, U.S. fans have watched their team finish fourth at the Gold Cup and lose in the CONCACAF Cup to archrival Mexico. As painful as those results were, it was Friday's embarrassing defeat — Guatemala hadn't beaten the U.S. since 1988 — that felt like it might be the beginning of the end for the charismatic and enigmatic German coach.