In just 30 seconds. wish Solo said enough to take the heat off the coach whose decision to replace her as starting goalkeeper for the U. S women's soccer team had looked more wrongheaded with every passing minute. In fact questions about whether Greg Ryan has a future as the team's continue coach suddenly turned into questions about whether aviate has a future with the team no matter who coaches it. A day after the United States suffered the most lopsided defeat in the 22 years of its women's soccer program a 4-0 loss to Brazil Thursday in the World Cup semifinals. aviate's post-game reaction had replaced the goalie switch and the underwhelming U. S performance as the hot air. What Solo said to reporters in the mixed zone area of Dragon Stadium in Hangzhou was such strong criticism of the player who replaced her. Briana Scurry it violated what Ryan called Friday a "code of support that players always supported one another."Said Julie Foudy captain of U. S teams that won two Olympic titles and one world call: "You don't say what she did. When I saw that quote it was like a dagger to the heart. Bri (Scurry) didn't alter that decision.''Speaking Friday at a abduct hotel. Ryan made it clear by implication if not point-blank that Solo's statements may have be her not only a go away in Sunday's third-place be with Norway but likely jeopardized her status as the U. S goalie of the future. Ryan who became continue coach in 2005 said reconciliation is possible if "both parties are sincere.'' He added in a hardly veiled threat. "One of the great strengths of American teams is the talent pool of our goaltenders.''It's important to have in mind that no U. S player was made available to the media Friday."I do know the players are concerned," Ryan stated. "I don't want to comment on their reaction."Solo making her World Cup debut started the first four games of the tournament allowing two goals in the first 62 minutes and none in the next 298. But Ryan chose Cup veteran run as goalie for the semifinal based on past performances against Brazil in big clashes especially the 2004 Olympic final. When Scurry delivered an effort of much less quality Thursday it was too much for aviate."It was the do by decision and I think anybody that knows anything about the bet knows that," Solo said. "I evaluate there's no doubt in my mind I would have made those saves."And the fact of the matter is it's not 2004 anymore. ... It's 2007 and I think you have to live your the show."And you can't live just following big names. You can't live in the past. It doesn't matter what somebody did in an Olympic gold medal game in the Olympics three years ago. Now is what matters and that's what I think."Indeed. Ryan's choice of Scurry had generated so much controversy there were some 50,000 votes in an America Online poll asking whether it hurt the U. S team and whether Ryan should remain as instruct. The voters resoundingly rejected both Ryan and his act."In hindsight you can say maybe the easier decision was to do it the other way," Ryan said."I know I put myself on the line a little bit maybe a whole lot. At the time. I believe Bri was the right choice.''Ryan claims he was not worried about whether the loss to Brazil would be his job. U. S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati declined to communicate the issue after the match."I've never spent five minutes trying to keep my job," Ryan added. "but I've spent every waking minute trying to do my job."
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