Two weeks ago, things could not have looked any darker for the USA men’s national team.

The World Cup in soccer only happens every four years, and it is the biggest stage for the biggest sport in the world. Qualifying for the tournament takes place over a long two years.

Coming into the game against Guatemala on March 25, USA was in a second place in their group of four. The top two teams in every group move on the fifth and final round of qualification in the region. This is a great spot for the team to be in going into the match against the 95th ranked team in the world.

All of a sudden after 90 minutes, the favored USA found themselves with a disappointing 2-0 loss. This sent Guatemala ahead of USA in the standings, and four days later, these same teams would meet again in a must-win for the USA if they wanted to qualify.

Now I can get into why I am really writing all of this.

Retired USA soccer legend, and the face of American soccer since he stepped onto the scene Landon Donovan, was asked in an interview what his thoughts of the defeat and the future of head coach Jürgen Klinsmann would be if USA was to lose.

Landon hinted that Klinsmann should be fired if the US fail to qualify.

Anyone who follows soccer, especially US soccer, knows about the relationship between Landon and Jürgen.

When I saw on Facebook the article SportsCenter posted about Landon’s comments, I decided to read some of the responses. All were very negative, saying Landon is “washed up” and is just mad Jürgen left him off the last World Cup roster. If I had Landon’s ability and knew how good I was playing going into the last World Cup and was left off, yes I would be mad, but his comments were right on the money.

As an international manager, you are judged solely on making and performing well at the World Cup. The loss was completely on Klinsmann, playing 8 of the 11 players out of position. If USA were to lose the rematch on March 29, they would have had a 2 percent chance of qualifying.

If you follow soccer, you know USA took care of business and routed Guatemala 4-0, mainly because Jürgen moved players back, so they were playing where they felt most comfortable.

I like Klinsmann and I think he can lead us to big things and places USA men’s soccer hasn’t seen before, but he needs to play people in position so that we can be a dangerous team.