TexasTerror
December 8th, 2006, 10:09 PM
Not sure I'm too thrilled about this move. Bradley is a slightly above average coach at best. Is this really a step in the positive direction? Interim tag or not, this does nothing beneficial for the US soccer program. We could've had Klinsman if not some other quality coach with some major international credentials...
CHICAGO (Friday, Dec. 8, 2006) – U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has named Bob Bradley as Interim Head Coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team and Head Coach of the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team. Bradley will take control of the team immediately and begin preparing for a 2007 schedule that will include an initial training camp for the USA in January and appearances this summer in both the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the CONMEBOL Copa America.
Bradley, 48, spent 2006 as head coach of Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, where he was honored as the league’s Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. During his one season at Chivas USA, Bradley turned around a team with the worst record in the league in 2005, leading them into the playoffs as the third-place finisher in the Western Conference.
Bradley has previously been on the U.S. National Team coaching staff as an assistant with the Under-23 Men’s National Team at the 1996 Olympics and also assisted at several winter training camps and games during Bruce Arena’s tenure as Manager of the U.S. MNT.
"Bob Bradley's record of success in MLS and in the development of American players gives us great confidence in his ability to begin the process of preparing the U.S. National Team for its next four-year programming cycle,” said Gulati in making the announcement. “Those unique traits will also serve him extraordinarily well in our Olympic Team effort as we build towards China in 2008.”
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281544.html
CHICAGO (Friday, Dec. 8, 2006) – U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati has named Bob Bradley as Interim Head Coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team and Head Coach of the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team. Bradley will take control of the team immediately and begin preparing for a 2007 schedule that will include an initial training camp for the USA in January and appearances this summer in both the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the CONMEBOL Copa America.
Bradley, 48, spent 2006 as head coach of Chivas USA in Major League Soccer, where he was honored as the league’s Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. During his one season at Chivas USA, Bradley turned around a team with the worst record in the league in 2005, leading them into the playoffs as the third-place finisher in the Western Conference.
Bradley has previously been on the U.S. National Team coaching staff as an assistant with the Under-23 Men’s National Team at the 1996 Olympics and also assisted at several winter training camps and games during Bruce Arena’s tenure as Manager of the U.S. MNT.
"Bob Bradley's record of success in MLS and in the development of American players gives us great confidence in his ability to begin the process of preparing the U.S. National Team for its next four-year programming cycle,” said Gulati in making the announcement. “Those unique traits will also serve him extraordinarily well in our Olympic Team effort as we build towards China in 2008.”
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281544.html