Men in Blazers’ Roger Bennett: Why USMNT Soccer Continues to Disappoint | The Rich Eisen Show 

Roger is a national treasure. We need sane voices like his leading the conversation on the future of the game in the US.

“We lost to a Van Halen single” 🤣 savage

Rich covering soccer? Love to see it! More please!

I want this man to narrate my life when I’m gone

Sammy Hagar? Oh, Rog. That was a David Lee Roth joint.

Rog!!! Men In Blazers is the best, I listen everyday.

never should have been hired in the first place...

Even though Weah got a red card against Panama, we went 1-0 up!! Colombia went a man down against Uruguay and gutted it out, while our team crumbled because of Berhalters decisions, mainly to switch to a back 5, instead of staying at a 4-4-1. Plus, we hit third in WCQ!! Berhalter never should've been rehired after his contract was up

We went on that dizzying journey in 2002 and were a bullshit non-handball call in the box against Germany from potentially going to the semis.

Panama was David Lee Roth, Rog, not the inferior frontman, Sammy Hagar.

Soccer on Eisen show!? What a Friday! This was fun to watch

People who say that Weah's red card somehow "isn''t on the coach" are looking at these things as isolated incidents rather than a part of the larger pattern they are. It isn't Weah's red card by itself that's the problem. It's that these things

Berhalter was hired by his brother…..he had no proven success as a coach!

Meanwhile, Canada is already reaping the benefits of a great young coach in Jesse Marsch

The money constraint argument is always interesting to me. There is likely no shortage of American soccer benefactors willing to bankroll a top-tier USMNT coach for the 2026 World Cup in the USA. If money is used as an excuse, it is because the US Soccer Federation has failed to be creative.

He touched on something only briefly that I believe is worth mentioning a great deal more: entitlement of the players and coaches. It's one thing to be confident. It's another entirely to believe you deserve something. Even the Argentina's and Spain's of the world don't play and carry themselves with as much entitlement as the USMNT currently does.

GGG looks like a bald Richie from The Bear in the thumbnail

simple. We have a USSF that is always looking for American Coaches or nepo coaches. Why? The goal is to improve the squad and get the talent on the field that gels. All the performances are disjointed. The "success" has been glossed over by some tournament wins over Mexico ( who currently suck). Get in a European coach who understands tactics and team building.

America's USNMT continues to disappoint because it continues to be administered, managed and coached by folks who are inferior to the football adminstrators, managers and coaches in nations where football (soccer) has MUCH MORE history. The MAJOR reason USNMT player talent has visibly improved is that our best players are trained, coached and developed by foreign soccer managers/coaches/teams who have MUCH MORE experience and knowledge of game. And it's not limited to the team managers/coaches. The U. S. player development system itself is inadequate and flawed. In recreational, traveling, high school and college soccer in America, many/most of the coaches have little or no personal experience, and therefore no genuine understanding of the game. They don't know how to recognize/analyze player talent and ability. They don't know how to further develop their players. They don't know how to create winning teams based on the individual and combined talents and abilities of their players. In a nutshell, you've got the blind leading the blind. Also, anyone who believes that Bruce Arena or Bob Bradley were competent high level soccer (football) managers is part of the problem.

Rich should get the Straight Red Card guys on.