I got to a point where I was really pissed off that we might not qualify for the World Cup because two sides couldn't come to an agreement, ... It was kind of like a now-or-never point, so I finally just decided to call Dr. Bob [ Contiguglia , the U.S. Soccer president]. It must have been 3 in the morning. It was pretty brief and had nothing to do with numbers. It was just, 'What can we do to get us back in camp and playing? What's a compromise? And then we can talk about the other stuff later.' He was clearly on board, and he wanted this thing to happen.
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