need an excuse to get out of work to watch today s big world cup match between the united states and germany? not to worry, coach jurgen klinsmann has you covered. u.s. soccer is tweeting out a form that got us laughing this morning. you just fill in your name, take it in to your boss and you re good to go, right? coach klinsmann is telling your boss to, quote, act like a good leader and take the day off as well. we have one of those hooky playing fans with us now, kelsey haney in chicago and cnn s alison kosick joins us to talk about how u.s. businesses are affected today. kelsey, i must start with you. i m admiring your outfit. sn it s awesome. are you blowing off work today kelsey to watch this soccer game? yeah. why did you decide to be brave enough to do that? i don t know that i would. i love america and this is a perfect opportunity to come together with my fellow patriots
that level against a team like germany, nothing matters. you re ready to bring it in. let s take a look, if people are tuning in and wanting to see highlights here as the coach or klinsmann, german hero played for germany. coaching now team usa. watching all of the movements on the field. what struck you? well, i think u.s. played a very smart game, very tactical game. obviously germany one of the best teams in the world. and they did very well. they were very compact defensively. and they waited for germany. and obviously, you know, muller scored an amazing goal. but that was the only way they could score for the game. so they did really well. listening to some of the analysts this morning, just sort of picking apart before this match, they were saying germany is the more technically skilled team. and they were saying because of the rain, it would put team usa at an advantage, because they wouldn t be able to do all the fancy footwork or what have you, because of the rain. did y
they are through, no matter what. now, it is the usa. it is germany. a lot has been made of this american/german connection. kilnsmann is from germany, he coached the german national team in the 2006 world cup. klinsmann has always been at odds with the german culture. he was an emotional guy. it s an odd paradigm for him. he doesn t fit in with the american soccer culture, either. he hates it. he s trying to europeanize american soccer culture. klinsmann is just the start of this connection. five players identify themselves as german-american. a lot of them are playing against other players on the
the draft starts at 7:30 eastern. we can expect plenty of trades this year. turning on bleacherreport.com is the pivotal match up between germany and the usa. will we win or tie to advance? everyone wants to skip work to watch. don t worry. klinsmann wrote everyone a get out of work letter. print it off, bring it to your boss. if it doesn t work, call your boss un-american and take an extended lunch. my favorite is in boston, there will be an important company wide immediating from 12:00 to 2:00. i have reserved the conference room. you all must be there. we ll discuss the results after. of course they are going to
the matchup some calling it the most anticipated u.s. soccer game in history against germany. a record number of americans, obviously, expected to watch and some of them from work, a lot of them from work. it kicks off at noon eastern time. last night funny man will farrell dropped by and had a few words of encouragement. i m here at fan hq right before the u.s./germany crucial, huge game. the eyes of the world are watching. let s do this. see? i requested usa soccer gear today and got nothing! zip! if you re going to be stuck at work during today s game, u.s. head coach klinsmann has your back. he i shoussued a get out of wor employers to support the team.