Klinsmann Plays Jerseys by the Numbers - NYTimes.com
 

PHILADELPHIA — The mystery of the no-name, strictly numbered United States national team jerseys for their <a href="http://www.toryburchsshop.com/tory-burch-wedge-flipflops-c-11.html"><strong>Cheap Tory Burch Wedge Flip-flops</strong></a> game against Mexico on Wednesday night was really not a mystery at all.Call it more of a message. From Coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s postgame news conference:“There is no real concept behind that. There are 11 players out there and the numbers should be from 1 to 11. The only exception really is the World Cups and the Gold Cups where they get their numbers throughout the tournament. I think that simplifies it a little bit and <a href="http://www.toryburchsshop.com/tory-burch-flats-c-6.html"><strong>Tory Burch Flats sale</strong></a> maybe people get confused when they see a player with a 98 on the field and they don't know where to put him. For me as a coach that makes things a little bit easier. We know that certain players have a favorite number and we try to accommodate it but I think it fits them better from 1-11 and it's a little bit of a signal that it's a fight going on for those numbers.”As for the lack of names on the jerseys? Klinsmann answered that with a sheepish shrug. There was no time for the team’s staff to put them <a href="http://rooyee.org/view.php?id=26758"><strong>BizNetSocial: 0423edcvf's blog: Cheap Police Sunglasses Womens</strong></a> on the shirts with the corresponding numbers. “I just told them this morning,” he said of the 1-11 plan.