Tim Howard

When your best player calls you and says, I don't want to come in this summer, what are you supposed to do? So your options are, you say, I don't care. I don't care how you're feeling. You're coming in. Now your best player is pissed off at you. Oh, by the way, what happens if your best player then gets hurt while he's there? Now he's blaming you and we're all blaming him.

Or he has to do what he decided to do, which is, okay, I'm going to leave you off and risk our team not doing as well and risk not having you here. And he had to do that with multiple players. So multiple players ended up tying his hands. And it just makes it difficult for him. It makes it really difficult for him. What is he supposed to do, Tim? Well, yeah. Okay.

Or he has to do what he decided to do, which is, okay, I'm going to leave you off and risk our team not doing as well and risk not having you here. And he had to do that with multiple players. So multiple players ended up tying his hands. And it just makes it difficult for him. It makes it really difficult for him. What is he supposed to do, Tim? Well, yeah. Okay.

Or he has to do what he decided to do, which is, okay, I'm going to leave you off and risk our team not doing as well and risk not having you here. And he had to do that with multiple players. So multiple players ended up tying his hands. And it just makes it difficult for him. It makes it really difficult for him. What is he supposed to do, Tim? Well, yeah. Okay.

That was easily Confederations Cup in 09. Correct. That's the first thing that came to mind.

That was easily Confederations Cup in 09. Correct. That's the first thing that came to mind.

That was easily Confederations Cup in 09. Correct. That's the first thing that came to mind.

Coming for the knockout round.

Coming for the knockout round.

Coming for the knockout round.

Yep.

Yep.

Yep.

It was actually, Tim, it was one of the things I wrote down. I was thinking through that. You could easily... Right? So let's say their season ended last weekend, right? What are we at? End of May?

It was actually, Tim, it was one of the things I wrote down. I was thinking through that. You could easily... Right? So let's say their season ended last weekend, right? What are we at? End of May?

It was actually, Tim, it was one of the things I wrote down. I was thinking through that. You could easily... Right? So let's say their season ended last weekend, right? What are we at? End of May?

So you could have said you're not even coming in for the friendlies.

So you could have said you're not even coming in for the friendlies.

So you could have said you're not even coming in for the friendlies.

Well, first of all, start by not playing your last two club games. Yeah. So now you've had since mid-May. All the way through... Let's say first week of June, we're going to get you moving and running and doing a little bit on your own, but you're not even coming in with the group. And we'll see you on June 10th, four days ahead of the first game. You're not playing in the first two games, period.