{"id":4181,"date":"2016-05-21T05:14:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T09:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/?p=4181"},"modified":"2016-05-21T05:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T09:30:34","slug":"pre-copa-america-centenario-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2016\/05\/21\/pre-copa-america-centenario-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre Copa Am\u00e9rica Centenario Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The #USMNT is getting ready for life without Jozy Altidore (down and out again, \u00a0with yet another hamstring injury \u2026) as\u00a0Jurgen Klinsmann\u2019s begins final prep activities for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/post\/2016\/05\/17\/us-national-team-faces-important-questions-copa-america-training-camp\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/post\/2016\/05\/17\/us-national-team-faces-important-questions-copa-america-training-camp', 'Copa Am\u00e9rica Centenario');\" style=\"line-height: 1.6471;\"  target=\"_blank\">Copa Am\u00e9rica Centenario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Two things stick with me from this article. First, there is an interesting spin on last year\u2019s Gold Cup. \u00a0Second, some of the comments are enlightening.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026 during the USA\u2019s run to the\u00a0Gold Cup semifinal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is classic. The author calls last summer\u2019s debacle, a \u2018run\u2019 \u2013 when it should be listed as \u201c\u2026 during last summer\u2019s early and disappointing Gold Cup exit.\u201d \u00a0There is a difference; no reason to try and spin a better outcome.<\/p>\n<p>From the comments section, there is an interesting debate centered on wondering (guessing) if\u00a0Klinsmann will play our best players in their natural positions that they currently play for their club teams. \u00a0How did it come to this?<\/p>\n<p>As for me, \u00a0I expect very little from this team, which is disappointing. \u00a0Of course I am ever the cheerleader and will be expecting miracles. \u00a0Something tells me I will be cussing and fussing instead.<\/p>\n<p>Go USA!!!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The #USMNT is getting ready for life without Jozy Altidore (down and out again, \u00a0with yet another hamstring injury \u2026) as\u00a0Jurgen Klinsmann\u2019s begins final prep activities for the\u00a0Copa Am\u00e9rica Centenario. Two things stick with me from this article. First, there is an interesting spin on last year\u2019s Gold Cup. \u00a0Second, some of the comments are &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2016\/05\/21\/pre-copa-america-centenario-fun\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pre Copa Am\u00e9rica Centenario Fun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-4181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-u-s-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4181"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4184,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4181\/revisions\/4184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}