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Lando Donovan badly beaten in World Cup 2006 will suffer the same fate in 2010 if US does not realize the need to get their players out the door and compete with the best players in the world.

MLS is no training ground for any team who wants to make an impact in the World Cup, and their performance in Germany hurts any chances they have to attract the best players around the world to play in their league.

Too bad the camera caught you in France – Brazil game watching live in the stadium. Youri was a member of the 1998 France champion team, asked his current club—New York Red Bulls that he needed to leave them to attend to a personal matter at home.

The team said they granted his leave request just as any player who needs to take care of personal matters; but they were not told he was attending the match as part of his leave request. The team’s spokesman said they will address the situation right away.

What do they need to Address?

Is Bob Bradley the solution for US Soccer? Is replacing Bruce Arena the logical thing to do? The dismal showing of the US Soccer team in the FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006 has prompted reports that Bruce is not likely to come back as a coach of the team anymore.

Bob Bradley is the leading candidate for the job being the heir apparent to Bruce’s position dating back in 2002. He is a protégé of Arena with D.C. United before transferring to Chicago MLS side where he beat Bruce’s D.C. United in 1998 MLS Cup. His mentoring skills is highly regarded for honing players like DaMarcus Beasley, Josh Wolff, Ante Razov and Chris Armas into national team regulars.