Bruce Arena resigns as USA coach after failure to reach World Cup

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Bruce Arena has stepped down as coach of the US men’s national team after they failed to qualify for next summer’s World Cup.

An insipid, and sometimes embarrassing, qualification campaign ended in a 2-1 defeat to Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday night. That result meant the US missed out on the World Cup for the first time since 1986, and it was almost inevitable that Arena would leave his post.

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