Arena Vows To Revise U.S. Lineup

· On whether rebounding from the loss will be the greatest challenge of his 7 1/2 years at the helm of the U.S. program, Arena said: "It's right up there. It's never easy coming off a loss. It can be done. We have a group of players who are resilient and I think we'll respond well and play a good game on Saturday."

· On his team's performance: "Defensively we actually played quite well, which I am sure most of you would probably not agree with. We were pretty good, especially in the first half, oddly enough, when we were down two goals. . . . We were much poorer on the attacking end of the field than we were on the defensive end. . . . Technically, probably it's the worst I've seen our team play in a long time. You've got to be a little bit sharper to give yourselves a chance, and we didn't do that."

· On forward Landon Donovan's lackluster performance: "Landon could've played better and he knows he could've played better. Landon's lack of aggressiveness in the attack, his running off the ball, his desire to make plays and be part of the game was not on [Monday] night. I'm sure he'll pick it up on Saturday."

· On taking responsibility for the loss: "I take all the blame. You can check all of the boxes. You can blame it all on me. I accept it. The players play a little bit of a role, too, but I'm willing to take the big hit on that one."

· On the lingering effects of such a one-sided loss: "The result is not going to go away, that's for sure, so we need a day or two to regroup, lick our wounds a little bit, learn what we can learn from last night's defeat and move forward, and put it past us. There are still six points out there, and that's the way you've got to look at it."

· On the team's confidence level, "We're not in a coma yet."

· On his substitutions during the Czech game: "We could've made seven or eight changes and they only allow three. Everyone was under consideration at some point."

· On whether he'll make tactical changes for the Italy game: "We're not going to go with the 3-0 loss game plan. We threw that page away after the game and we'll try to come up with a new one."

· On whether the Italian league's match-fixing scandal is affecting Italy's national team: "They're used to scandals, they're playing right through the scandal, they'll be fine. I think we need a scandal."

U.S. Note: X-rays performed on starting central defender Eddie Pope's left wrist were negative and he is expected to return to training Wednesday, team spokesman Jim Moorhouse said. Pope was injured late in Monday's game.