Shame on Coach Bob Bradley. The loss to Ghana today is squarely on his shoulders not those boys out on the pitch. 

I knew from when I first saw the starting lineup which had Ricardo Clark and Robbie Findley instead of Benny Feilhaber and Maurice Edu that our chances were slim.

I still can't figure out what Bradley sees in either player and I have said this so many times in this space only always to be proven correct. So what does the airhead Bradley do. Thirty minutes into the first hald he takes out an absolutely overmatched Clark and inserts Edu. And then at halftime, out comes Findley and in goes Feilhaber who right off the starting whistle makes a difference in the flow of play for the USA.

It's squarely on Bradley shoulders when late in the second half and throughout the two overtime periods that the USA began playing Route 1 soccer. He should have been at the top of the technical area screaming at his midfielders and defenders and (sometimes, not all the time) his Goalkeeper, to maintain possession. Keep the ball on the floor. But no. 50-50 balls were the call. 

This is a sad day for soccer in the USA. It is not, as the announcers on ABC-TV claimed, a proud day. Who the heck is proud in losing? The soccer hating media will now have a field day and we Americans who love this game have no defense. We cannot defend what has taken place. Had we been beaten by Brazil or SPain or Argentina, then maybe we could have had some solace in a loss. But -- and no offense to any Ghana fans reading this -- losing to Ghana...well, it just should not have been.

It's too late now to do anything but the right thing at this point is for the USSF to hand Bradley his walking papers. It's what all countries do when their teams fail in the World Cup and the USA failed in the World Cup. They did not get beat by a more talented squad. They got beat by a team that got lucky when lucky was the call. Good for them. Enjoy the celebration as it will probably be short lived. Uruguay is playing the best soccer in the Cup. They actually have players who can finish. Players who -- as Tommy Smythe would say -- can put the onions in the bag.

Geez. First I lose my beloved Italians. Now my USA is out. Who the heck can I root for now? My Portuguese wife suggested a team. I can do that.

But I think I'll go with the Netherlands. After all, I took their historic style as the name of my company.

Go Dutch!