Soccer365 Q & A with Josh Wolff
(Soccer365.com) - After the U.S. was eliminated from the World Cup, Soccer365's Lars Lifrak caught up with Josh Wolff and discussed his impressions of the World Cup performance, the loss to Ghana, returning to club soccer and more...
The World Cup has come and gone for Josh Wolff and the United States. It must have been extra frustrating for the Kansas City Wizards forward because he only got 14 minutes of playing time in three games, and all of that came with the United States down 3-0 to the Czech Republic in the first game. In the mayhem of a World Cup post match mixed zone, with players from both the United States and Ghana being mobbed by media around him, Wolff was gracious enough to stop and talk briefly with me about the World Cup and his impressions of how things went for team USA.
365: How tough was the Ghana loss to take?
Josh Wolff: It’s a disappointed group. Obviously it’s a game that we could have won. You’ve got to give them credit, they scored two goals. We just didn’t do enough to score goals. We had some chances but we didn’t pull off the final play in front of goal. Sometimes we weren’t aggressive enough to make the final pass. Italy did their job (beating the Czech Republic) so it would have been nice. We didn’t do enough in front of goal to give ourselves a chance.
365: Do you feel the United States gave a good showing overall; you were in the toughest group.
JW: This was a difficult group going in and we knew it. We put ourselves behind the eight ball in the first game. The performance was very lackluster and we got punished. And today, I think when you make mistakes at this level you get punished and that’s the biggest key.
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Comments
Like it or not, the reason that the U.S. did so poorly in the World Cup was because of a terrible, and thats and understatement, job of coaching by Bruce Arena. Thank you for ruining my World Cup Bruce.
Posted by: Matt | June 26, 2006 11:06 PM
the US just doesn't have anyone who scores goals!! they do a good job until it's time to finish, i mean where's mcbride and johnson when you need 'em? against italy the only way they got the ball in the net was on an own goal. and wolff is right, they're just not aggresive! when i watched the games it looked like the only one who wanted to win was dempsey!
Posted by: taylor | June 27, 2006 07:45 AM
The US performance was terrible. I couldnt even watch the entire game, because they were so terrible. They are way too defensive minded. they need to play a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-3.I agree with the first post and yes, Bruce did a horrible job coaching the team. Cant wait to see who they hire for the 2010 world cup.
Posted by: Chris | June 27, 2006 09:34 AM
BION I'm imperssed! Cool post!
Posted by: Parmelia | June 21, 2011 09:04 PM