US Soccer: On to the Hex. With many questions and few answers.

The United States has qualified to the final stage of World Cup qualifying, not without a few nail biting moments!

At the surface the team qualified with no problems, but an in depth look lets us know that the US is far from perfect.

So how could a team that won 4, tied 1, and lost 1 have so many problems? Well you must not watch how the US team plays.

With a team still finding its footing, Jürgen Klinsmann has tinkered and has mixed up and has left off many during the course of World Cup Qualifying and that is the most disconcerting part.

Klinsmann preached possession oriented soccer and the US has improved somewhat in possession but creation is few and far between, usually finishing in the long ball to the box approach.

Jürgen Klinsmann has yet to find his backbone as he continues to shuffle the line up in hopes to find the right blend, but with 2 years until the World Cup,  Klinsmann is running out of time to field the same team to be that fluid soccer team he so wants.

The US is far from perfect, we know that, and Jürgen Klinsmann has proven to be a far from perfect coach, while we knew what we were getting from Bob Bradley, with Klinsmann we don’t know if Jozy Altidore will be called in or if Boyd and Gomez will play up top or if Adu will return. What is the regular US midfield? Who knows at this point. Will Klinsmann ever call in Gatt or Mix Diskerud? Is Bocanegra and Goodson the defensive paring? Will Landon Donovan ever come back!

I know am going a little overboard but as we can see there are few answers to some key questions.

Or maybe they are not so key for Klinsmann.

Our coach is an enigma of strange choices, like not calling in any reserves while his soldiers were falling right and left this week, or leaving off the roster the US best player at the moment Jozy Altidore.

I could stand here and bash Klinsmann for hours but the reality is that after almost 2 years and a first round of World Cup Qualifying the US is no closer to being a world beater than it was after the Gold Cup debacle that cost Bradley his job.

So in Klinsmann we trust? I for one say no.

The hexagonal will provide the US with better opponents and stiffer tests. How the US will fair? Well 4 years ago I was sure it would be hard but the US would finish 1st, and they did. Now… well let’s just say am still waiting for the inevitable Klinsmann train wreck. I hope am wrong but really what good has come from the Klinsmann era at this point?

Hopefully the best is yet to come and Klinsmann makes me a believer again, but for now am waiting for that other shoe to drop.