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Greg Ryan lost his job today as the U.S. women's national soccer coach, less than a month after his controversial decision to bench goalie Hope Solo and his team's subsequent meltdown against Brazil.

U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati made the announcement, and he said he will be part of a three-person committee (along with Mia Hamm and U.S. Soccer's secretary general, Dan Flynn) that will determine the next coach for Team USA, which needs to regroup for the Olympics next year.

Gulati said there was no specific incident that led to the decision not to bring Ryan back, but everyone knows the loss to Brazil was the final nail in Ryan's coffin. There was no hope that he could continue to coach Team USA after that.

Greg Ryan Out as US Women's Soccer Coach - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

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Originally Posted by vincesanity82

Greg Ryan lost his job today as the U.S. women's national soccer coach, less than a month after his controversial decision to bench goalie Hope Solo and his team's subsequent meltdown against Brazil.

U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati made the announcement, and he said he will be part of a three-person committee (along with Mia Hamm and U.S. Soccer's secretary general, Dan Flynn) that will determine the next coach for Team USA, which needs to regroup for the Olympics next year.

Gulati said there was no specific incident that led to the decision not to bring Ryan back, but everyone knows the loss to Brazil was the final nail in Ryan's coffin. There was no hope that he could continue to coach Team USA after that.

Greg Ryan Out as US Women's Soccer Coach - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

I could think of one involving a certain goalie..

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Originally Posted by vincesanity82

I could think of one involving a certain goalie..

Yeah...the idiot...Hope Solo is vindicated...plus the team didn't take home the Cup.

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No matter the sport, unless there's an injury, the starter usually is the player that you stick with. I mean, if you had the confidence in this player to use them throughout the tourney, why all of a sudden do you feel the need to make such a huge and significant change in such an important game??? Idiot got his comeuppance... see you in HIGH SCHOOL coach!!!

This reminds me of years ago of a pro football situation where it was the Buffalo Bills involving Rob Johnson and Doug Flutie. The head coach then was that "Son-of-Bum" Philips who is now the head coach of Dallas. Doug Flutie was playing very well and won the pivotal game that got Buffalo into the playoffs (or into the next round of the playoffs, I don't recall exactly) and everyone expected Flutie to continue as the starter but because the coach is the coach, he decided to put Rob Johnson in that game. Buffalo lost the game, the coach was criticized for his near-lunatic decision to no end and, rightfully, lost his job in that offseason. Now he's inherited a Bill Parcells-built team and should the Cowboys go far, which I believe they will because the NFC totally sucks, he's going to get the credit, bells and whistles. He's lost all cred with me since that Buffalo debacle and good luck to all you Cowboys fans going forward but to me, he's not a very good coach!