akm91 said:
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He has been at the forefront of putting a general manager in place for the men's and women's teams. I like that we have another soccer mind between team decisions and the business team.
The GM position was hotly discussed during the run up to the election so I'm not giving Cordeiro that much credit for it for actually. Here's a quote from article about the election:
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Many candidates actually share similar outlooks on these issues. Most pledged to open up greater opportunities for children from marginalized communities, to hire general managers to oversee the men's and women's national teams and to run the fed with a more consensus-oriented approach.
US Soccer Election Issues
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Martino is a good coach, and I think he is a good fit for Mexico. I don't think we got out coached the other night as much as we got out talented. I am also not sure Martino's style is suited for our players, the high press might work, but the possession he likes might be a struggle. I think he would prefer to coach Mexico than the US squad, so I don't know that he would have taken the position if offered. Maybe he would have, but I doubt it.
I think Berhalter got out coached. The talent disparity didn't help but I feel he did get out coached. When Martino adjusted his tactics and started over running the midfield, Berhalter didn't make the right adjustments to combat it. It didn't seem Roldan helped at all in the midfield when he came on for Morris. It's his first international competition and hopefully he learns from it.
On Cordeiro, there is "pledging" to do something in an election and then there is actually doing it. He has actually implemented the GM system, so I give him props for actually doing it. In my opinion, the USSF president should be not heard from much at all when it comes to coaching/player decisions, and he has put a more layered system in place, so he should get credit for it, even if others say they would have done it too.
On Berhalter, how different would this discussion be if Altidore had finished his glorious chance or if either of Morris's headers hadn't been saved off the line. Sorry, but when you look at those two rosters and consider the disparity in talent I am not sure how you can determine he was out-coached. We created as many good scoring chances as Mexico. I wish that Sargent had been at the Gold Cup over Zardes, but I am not going to be too critical of a player decision here or there. You look at the scoring opportunities we had after the Mexico goal and I am not sure how you can criticize the substitutions either. Roldan is more defensive minded than Boyd, and we needed help in the back more than we needed another scorer at that time.
But those are my opinions on it, everyone is entitled to their own. When your opinion (not yours but another poster's) is simply "Cordeiro is from same corrupt line as Gulati" then the isn't even worth discussion. So thanks for actually discussing the issues rather than making simple one-liner statements.
