Tuesday, October 23, 2007

UPDATE: Hope Solo, Greg Ryan, and losing to Brazil

Nobody- especially me- should have been shocked to learn today that USWNT Head Coach Greg Ryan was basically fired today by the USSF.

The USSF wanted to "go in another direction," and I am sure that Coach Ryan is looking forward to "pursuing other opportunities."

Whatever the case, it just goes to show that the next time you bench a goalkeeper who is coming off over three hundred minutes without giving up a goal in the middle of the World Cup, you probably shouldn't expect to have a job for much longer.

Mia Hamm-Garciaparra will be involved in choosing the new coach. I don't know if that's a good or bad idea, but there it is.

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