"Old power, like old money, still rules. At least in the World Cup, that's the way it goes.
America's sportswriters - all newly converted soccer experts - are still busy writing US coach Bruce Arena's pre-obituary. The overwhelming feeling is that after eight years at the helm, it's time for Arena to give way for new blood. It's sort of "an old dog cannot teach new tricks to young puppies" belief. And while there may be some validity to that, let's not move so fast. The postmortem, which will come, will be quite interesting.
The final tab on my predictions comes in at 13-3, with Ecuador, Australia and Ghana all welcome exceptions."
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