“Things could have gone differently for Jurgen Klinsmann and the U.S. national team after that article came out back in March. The pressure on Klinsmann already was mounting after the Yanks lost their opening match of the final round of World Cup qualifying in the previous month, and the critical Sporting News piece — the one whose headline challenged the coach’s ‘methods, leadership and acumen’ — broke just days before an injury-ravished American squad played a pair of pivotal Hexagonal games versus Costa Rica and at Mexico.” ESPN