Unbelievable: How the united states lost 2018 WORLD CUP| Bruce Arena

Make no mistake, U.S. players weren't good enough on Tuesday, and didn't play like a team with everything on the line, but no one carries more blame for the loss than Arena.

He did such a good job of rebuilding the team's momentum after replacing Jurgen Klinsmann last year, but something happened in September, after the loss to Costa Rica, that eventually led to some truly head-scratching decisions.

How else do you explain the decision to leave Fabian Johnson off the squad? Johnson struggled badly through the Costa Rica loss, which left Arena completely disenchanted with the Borussia Moenchengladbach player, but the reality was Johnson had only recently returned to training after a back injury.

A month later, Arena left him home, with .............
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