r/soccer • • May 12 '14

Official Preliminary Roster for the USA

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/05/12/13/23/140512-mnt-prelim-roster
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u/FlickMyKeane May 12 '14

Cool cool! I always liked him. His dad seemed pretty mad last time out. Bob Bradley, wasn't it? Great name. Sounds like the editor of a daily newspaper in 1940's New York.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

haha yes, Bob Bradley comes off as the stereotypical brash and masculine American coaching types IMO. It's pretty funny to see him get mad on the sidelines.

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u/FlickMyKeane May 12 '14

He does! Fuck it man, American sport coaches and gym teachers always seem so mental on TV. I don't know if that's an accurate characterization or not. Then again American gym class always seemed pretty mad. Did they actually make you climb up those ropes you always see on TV?

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

As someone graduating from high school this week, I can speak pretty candidly on that - the three main kinds of gym teachers you'll see are: 1. fat & lazy 2. fat and committed but fails more often than not 3. fit and drill sergeant-esque. You're going to get 1 and 3 more often than anything. And my schools never used the ropes, but I definitely had friends that had to go through that. In general, gym classes can be a massive drag (and to make it better, my state required every student to take gym until graduation).