The U.S. Soccer Federation was preparing to fire Jurgen Klinsmann and replace him with Bruce Arena in May 2016, six months before the governing body made that coaching change in an effort to revive the damaged World Cup qualifying campaign.
Those revelations surface in Arena’s book, “What’s Wrong With US? A Coach’s Blunt Take on the State of American Soccer After a Lifetime on the Touchline,” which will go on sale June 12.
In an advance copy sent to The Washington Post, Arena wrote he met with USSF President Sunil Gulati and chief executive Dan Flynn in Chicago.