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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Looking a bit shocked, Jurgen Klinsmann called it a bitter moment four times in 14 minutes and also a bitter pill to swallow during his post-match news conference. He described the 4-0 wipeout in a World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica as the defeat that hurts most during his five-year tenure as U.S. coach.Time for a new leader?Outside the room, U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati expressed patience.We dont make any decisions right after games, Gulati said. Well think about what happened today and talk with Jurgen and look at the situation.The U.S. is 0-2 in the final round of World Cup qualifying for the first time following a 2-1 home loss to Mexico last week and its ninth straight defeat in a qualifier at Costa Rica. Given a rare opportunity to coach a national team for a second World Cup cycle, Klinsmann is under renewed scrutiny by critics who claim his reign has gone stale.I obviously understand that when you lose two games and especially two World Cup qualifiers right after each other, that there will be a lot of your comments, he told reporters after the match. That is just part of the job.A World Cup champion with West Germany in 1990 and the coach who led Germany to the 2006 semifinals at home, Klinsmann replaced Bob Bradley after a poor U.S. performance in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where Mexico beat the Americans 4-2 in the final.Klinsmann coached the U.S to the 2013 Gold Cup title and the second round of the 2014 World Cup, where the Americans lost to Belgium in extra time, but the U.S. was upset by Jamaica in the 2015 Gold Cup semifinals and lost a playoff to Mexico for a Confederations Cup berth, sparking skepticism of personnel decisions and tactics.Play improved again at this years Copa America, where victories over Paraguay and Ecuador advanced the U.S. to the semifinals -- and a 4-0 loss to Lionel Messi and Argentina.Then came the start of the hexagonal, as the final round of the North and Central American and Caribbean region is known, and it could not have gone much worse.When you lose 4-nil, there are issues, absolutely, Klinsmann said.Soccer powers traditionally have little tolerance for defeat.When Mexico lost a World Cup qualifier at home against Honduras in September 2013, coach Jose Manuel De la Torre was fired about 4 1/2 hours after the final whistle and replaced by Luis Fernando Tena. When El Tri lost a few days later in the United States, Tena was replaced within 48 hours by Victor Manuel Vucetich. Two games later, Vucetich was supplanted by Miguel Herrera.Obviously, its not a good start to the hex and today in particular was not a good performance, Gulati said.Because the top three nations qualify and the No. 4 team advances to a playoff against Asias fifth-place finisher, there is much room for error. That wont quiet fans who have four months to vent before qualifying resumes with a home game against Honduras on March 24 and a match at Panama four days later.This is definitely a moment to reflect about what happened the last 10 days and to probably open up a lot of discussions with the players, with the team, Klinsmann said.He also was criticized in March 2013 after the Americans opened the hex with a 2-1 loss at Honduras. They rebounded the following month to beat Costa Rica 1-0 in a Colorado snow storm and tie 0-0 at Mexico, and they went on to clinch a World Cup berth in the eighth match of the 10-game round. After qualifying and before the World Cup, Klinsmann shifted Mart?n Vasquez out of his assistants role and brought in former Germany coach Berti Vogts as a technical adviser.The U.S. has shifted coaches during qualifying just once in the modern era. Bob Gansler, then coach at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, took over from Lothar Osiander in January 1989 when the USSF transformed the position to a fulltime job, and Ganslers team qualified for the 1990 World Cup -- the first for the U.S. in 40 years.Gulati, the USSF president for the past decade, moves methodically, consulting his board and advisers.Was the result embarrassing? Yes. But Im not embarrassed by our team. Im very disappointed, obviously.Most of the players wont gather again until March 20, just ahead of the Honduras match. 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Carlos Ruiz then had his fourth hit in his fourth at-bat as his single put runners at the corners. Jimmy Rollins was then intentionally walked and Young hit a grounder to short that appeared to have the potential for an inning-ending double play. Ramirez, though, bobbled the ball and Wells scored for the win. It was the first win of the managerial career of Sandberg, who took over for the fired Charlie Manuel on Friday. The Phillies had been shut out in the first two games of this series to begin Sandbergs tenure as manager. While the loss snapped their winning streak, the Dodgers are still a red-hot team, sporting a 42-9 record since June 22 and the run has given them a comfortable lead in the NL West. Darin Ruf hit a solo home run while Cody Asche also drove in a run for the Phillies, who came into the game having lost seven of eight. Cole Hamels pitched seven strong innings in the start, giving up two runs on seven hits without walking a batterr and striking out eight.ddddddddddddJonathan Papelbon (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win. Andre Ethier hit a solo home run and scored twice with Jerry Hairston providing the other RBI for the Dodgers, who saw starter Ricky Nolasco give up two runs on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts in six innings. The Dodgers took the lead in the second inning as Ethier led off the frame with his ninth homer of the year, a shot over the wall in right center. It was 2-0 in the fourth after Ethier hit a one-out single, moved to second on a wild pitch, and crossed the plate on a Hairston single to left. The Phillies broke their 21-inning scoreless spell in the fourth when Ruf clubbed a 2-2 pitch into the left field seats for his eighth home run of the season to make it a 2-1 game. 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