Get it?

Because England always loses.

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How would Jurgen Klinsmann fit into England’s national soccer scheme? (SN Illustration/Getty Images)

The second really interesting thing is you can get odds on Jurgen Klinsmann being hired. He is not the favorite, according to the Standard, but 888Sports has him at 11-1, behind England U-21 coach Gareth Southgate (who correctly has said he isn’t ready for the job), television analysts Alan Shearer and Glenn Hoddle (who coached England from 1996-99) and Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe.

The third really interesting thing is that you’d have a hard time finding an American soccer fan who would stand in Klinsmann’s way.

That isn’t always a great indicator of whether a particular coach is of considerable value. It is fairly common for fans to tire of even successful coaches. In this case, though, there is a sense among American fans that U.S. maybe could do better with a new coach, probably couldn’t do worse, and easily could do just as well.

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U.S. Soccer has not been officially contacted by anyone at England’s Football Association asking for permission to speak with Klinsmann about replacing Roy Hodgson, who left the job after the humiliating round of 16 loss to Iceland in the European Championships. But there has been support for him by such prominent figures as Mark Ogden, chief football correspondent for the Independent, and former England defender Jamie Carragher, who wrote an article for London’s Daily Mail endorsing Klinsmann.

London’s Telegraph newspaper ran a reader click poll on the subject of who should be the choice, and at last check Klinsmann had 15 percent of the vote, behind only Sunderland’s Sam Allardyce and Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger.

And there’s no telling whether the Wenger support was just Arsenal fans wanting to get rid of him after a dozen years without a Premier League title.

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England has not won an elimination game at a major tournament since David Beckham curled in a free kick from the left of the penalty area to beat Ecuador in the 2006 World Cup round of 16. Who knew that would be the nation’s most glorious moment for a decade?

Well, anyone who’d watched Hodgson coach Liverpool might have predicted it when he was inexplicably given the job in 2012, then inexplicably allowed to keep it after England crashed out of the group stage at the 2016 FIFA World Cup in Brazil without winning a game.

Meanwhile, Iceland coach Lars Lagerback ruled himself out of the running for the vacant England job.

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Klinsmann’s appeal to those in England who support him stems from three things:

1. The success he had invigorating Germany’s team with young players such as Philipp Lamm and Lukas Podolski in 2006, which ultimately led to the team winning the World Cup two cycles later under Joachim Low;

2. The persistent belief the U.S. is a backward soccer nation, and that getting the U.S. to the Copa America semis and out of the group of death at the 2014 World Cup is a massive achievement; and,

3. Nostalgia stemming from his days as a popular striker at Tottenham.

The U.S. hasn’t fared poorly under Klinsmann. Those who contend he has been dreadful, and there are at least a few, overstate their case. Although he has been granted more money and power, however, he has not outperformed either of the two men who directly preceded him, Bruce Arena and Bob Bradley.

Klinsmann generally has been fine. He has overseen great results such as the breakthrough win at Mexico’s Azteca Stadium, the subsequent World Cup qualifying draw in that same venue and the friendly victories in Germany and Italy in 2015. He has been in charge for such clunkers as the 2-0 World Cup qualifying loss at Guatemala, the Gold Cup semifinal loss to Jamaica last summer and the horrific performance against Argentina earlier this month. He has recorded such underrated victories as the 2-1 win over Ecuador in the Copa quarters, the World Cup opener against Ghana after losing two starters to injury and the Gold Cup title with a B team in 2013.

There are many Americans who do not believe U.S. Soccer should be paying $2.5 million a year for “fine,” and would be only too happy for the FA to pay 4.5 million pounds for “fine.”

Given that the English just wagered the health of their economy on leaving the European Union, they seem to be in a gambling mood.