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Claudio Reyna blasts soccer in the U.S.: 'We're far too arrogant'

Former United States captain Claudio Reyna has called U.S. soccer "arrogant" and "obnoxious" in the wake of the national team's stunning elimination from World Cup qualifying last week.

The U.S. were beaten 2-1 in Trinidad and Tobago last Tuesday to ensure they'd miss out on their first World Cup finals since 1986 as they finished fifth out of six teams in the CONCACAF hexagonal table.

And Reyna, who was capped 114 times for his country, told Goal.com an inflated ego and lack of respect for ideas from abroad contributed to the U.S.'s downfall this cycle.