I have to admit that the one and only time I had sat in on a Bob Bradley press conference (a year ago after the friendly against the Czech Republic in East Hartford), it was one of the most boring experiences of my life.
So admittedly, today I had very low expectations but I have to say that Bob brought it up a notch. He even cracked a couple decent jokes that went over too much with the chucklehead media assembled before him.
Some highlights from the Princeton grad:
-This game vs. Spain is great for the fans. "Spain is a team that soccer people all get excited to watch."
-his joke came when he talked about Xavi being out and Iniesta playing: "Xavi had 10,000 passes in La Liga this season so that ruled him out. Iniesta is at 9500 so he has 500 left, that's why he's playing."
-"All of us watched Barcelona vs. Manchester United (last weekend in the Champions League final)."
-this is an opportunity to play a good team and see how the U.S. reacts. the challenge of trying to get the ball.
-they want to prevent Spain from coming thru the middle and make them defend, it's hard to get possession 50/50% against them.
-Barcelona's foundation is in its academy. "I have an appreciation for how they do everything."
-he related a story about talking to some of their players a few months after the U.S. beat Spain in the Confederations Cup, he said Spain's players were very humble.
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