of many in the right direction. When MLS rises their salaries more young US players might actually consider soccer instead of other sports as a vocation.
I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
RE: The change needs to be with the development system as well Â
US soccer will never take the leap until they reorganize how they develop talent.
As a former employee of US Soccer, they know the issues that prevent them from getting to the next level on the world stage.
1) Our best athletes do not play soccer, they would rather play Football or Basketball
2) The leagues where the best players come from are all leagues that cost a ton of money to be in. Meanwhile the other countries don't have such a capitalistic driven mentality, where elite players have to pay to be recognized they are simply just scouted.
For instance, the coach for the USA beach team, actually found a bunch of their own players by scouting beach soccer in LA.
Places like Brasil do not have to compete with other sports to get the best athletes, and they don't pay to be on elite travel teams, because the money isn't there for that.
RE: RE: One thing I wonder about regarding a replacement Â
I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
as compared to the prior game. Lack of fear, lack of urgency, lack of humility.
Its like the Giants, Knicks, USMNT, the players are seen as chess pieces and the psychological emotional personal aspect of the game is ignored. Which just reeks of arrogance to me.
In the TNT game, they basically just stood around waiting for the expected win like a bunch of Sophomores at the school dance.
RE: RE: RE: One thing I wonder about regarding a replacement Â
I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
That Jose Mourinho seems to love America, loves coming here each summer, loves the people who are fans of the game here, always has positive words for MLS and even seems to have some strange affinity for the USMNT too and has had kind words about them in the past.
Of course there's zero chance of this happening but if we're talking European elite manager pipedreams, you're right, he probably is the one to point to.
RE: RE: RE: RE: One thing I wonder about regarding a replacement Â
I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
Who?
The Special One.
Hahaha, witnessing Terps (and others) coming to terms to Mourinho would be quite the spectacle here
The election is soon anyways... No important competitive matches in the near future so an interim coach can run the ship til a new President is elected and can select the coach. I don't fully understand why he's so determined to be re-elected. He said he submitted a letter asking the board to nominate him for the election. I suppose they could decline to nominate him but that seems unlikely.
By the way - Gulati staying on is a terrible development.
FMiC - Gulati's term expires in February and he is not guaranteed re-election, assuming he runs. He will be opposed this time.
In the meantime, we're still bidding for a WC in 202_ (whatever it is), and someone has to be in charge of that until February. That's actually the kind of thing that Sunil is good at. He's a very smart guy (Bucknell, after all) and a much-liked economics prof at Columbia. He's just not the right guy to lead the on-the-field aspects of the program.
Hopefully he'll read tea leaves and decide not to run again.
Basically you are hiring someone who will not be able to test the progress of his team/system for at least 2-3 years before the next serious competition. Quality coaches want to compete, not wait. US soccer is not competing for anything before the next Gold Cup--which is not a major competition.
seeing Patrick Vieira get a look, but he's already mentioned he's not the man for the job. I'm going to guess Peter Vermes, Oscar Pareja or some other MLS-centric coach.
Jürgen Klopp (Liverpool Manager) take the job, though that's just a pipe dream. This guy would be perfect promoting the game here, he'd have the media eating out of his hand. Doubt that he'd be interested, though, or that the US would select another German after Klinsmann.
If you wanted to troll Mexico, though, we could get the only coach who can turn Super Saiyan, Miguel Herrera:
Can we please get rid of the “we’re not a great soccer nation because our best players don’t play soccer” argument? It is the laziest of lazy arguments, and complete and utter horseshit if you even spend one second thinking about it.
It’ll take a major revolt for Gulati to lose his reelection (I’m assuming he runs). There’s a sports lawyer in Boston who is running. And Wynalda will probably run. But it’s a major uphill battle for anyone. The one argument for keeping Gulati is that our WC bid would be hurt if we got rid of him. I doubt that’s true, but I don’t really know.
I’ve had people tell me that Gulati is arguing that he’s a key part of the US/Mexico/Canada 2026 WC bid, and that the odds of our bid winning would decrease if Gulati was not in charge. My gut says that’s bullshit, but I don’t know how the politics of FIFA work.
My actual suggestion would be Jesse Marsch. I get to watch him a ton, supporting the Red Bulls. He's a very good in game manager, tinkering with formations and making changes on the fly to good effect. He's also good at incorporating new players and identifying what they do well. Smart guy.
I think he should be involved in some capacity. Manager? I don't know. I'm actually not sure he'd get them any further than anyone else has in all honesty, but I think he should have some role. He seems to have an eye for and desire to finding and cultivating youth. You could worse than him if that's the direction they want to move in.
My actual suggestion would be Jesse Marsch. I get to watch him a ton, supporting the Red Bulls. He's a very good in game manager, tinkering with formations and making changes on the fly to good effect. He's also good at incorporating new players and identifying what they do well. Smart guy.
Marsch wants to coach in Europe, but, like you, I think that he would be a strong hire, tireless worker and adaptable. Notwithstanding the Red Bulls ho hum season this year, it has been great watching the coach manage the transition to younger players.
I’ve had people tell me that Gulati is arguing that he’s a key part of the US/Mexico/Canada 2026 WC bid, and that the odds of our bid winning would decrease if Gulati was not in charge. My gut says that’s bullshit, but I don’t know how the politics of FIFA work.
I would argue that the failure of the US to get to the WC is a reason for FIFA to not "back" him. Their ratings in the US will be down. The garbage of the last 7 years shows his leadership of US Soccer is terrible. Many people can do better. Picking Klinsmann was a disaster and doomed 2018 as the team never got out fron underneath 2014.
I’ve had people tell me that Gulati is arguing that he’s a key part of the US/Mexico/Canada 2026 WC bid, and that the odds of our bid winning would decrease if Gulati was not in charge. My gut says that’s bullshit, but I don’t know how the politics of FIFA work.
I would argue that the failure of the US to get to the WC is a reason for FIFA to not "back" him. Their ratings in the US will be down. The garbage of the last 7 years shows his leadership of US Soccer is terrible. Many people can do better. Picking Klinsmann was a disaster and doomed 2018 as the team never got out fron underneath 2014.
FIFA likes the status quo, and they like Gulati. He is part of the establishment. He’s a known entity. I think FIFA would prefer we keep Gulati than bring in someone like Wynalda who has no reason to not push for change within FIFA. Also, perhaps I’m not thinking about this properly, but I don’t think FIFA will make less money than they would have otherwise. Sure, ticket sales to the three US games may have been better than ticket sales for the three Panama/Honduras games, but ratings wise, Fox will take the hit for that, not FIFA.
He tones down his comments from the postgame but the arrogance still permeates.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
<ducks and runs away>
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
As a former employee of US Soccer, they know the issues that prevent them from getting to the next level on the world stage.
1) Our best athletes do not play soccer, they would rather play Football or Basketball
2) The leagues where the best players come from are all leagues that cost a ton of money to be in. Meanwhile the other countries don't have such a capitalistic driven mentality, where elite players have to pay to be recognized they are simply just scouted.
For instance, the coach for the USA beach team, actually found a bunch of their own players by scouting beach soccer in LA.
Places like Brasil do not have to compete with other sports to get the best athletes, and they don't pay to be on elite travel teams, because the money isn't there for that.
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I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
Who?
Its like the Giants, Knicks, USMNT, the players are seen as chess pieces and the psychological emotional personal aspect of the game is ignored. Which just reeks of arrogance to me.
In the TNT game, they basically just stood around waiting for the expected win like a bunch of Sophomores at the school dance.
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I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
Who?
The Special One.
Of course there's zero chance of this happening but if we're talking European elite manager pipedreams, you're right, he probably is the one to point to.
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I doubt he'd be interested, but I wonder if Pep Guardiola would ever be interested in the job. He spends a lot of time in New York, and I have a hard time seeing him hanging around Man City too long.
Pipe dream, I'm sure.
You know who it's going to be in 2022, and it will be glorious.
Who?
The Special One.
Hahaha, witnessing Terps (and others) coming to terms to Mourinho would be quite the spectacle here
vonritz : 11:21 am : link : reply
Soccer equivalent of the Cleveland Browns.
Does it have to be pointed out again the growth the US has had on the Int'l stage the past couple of decades? It gets tiring to do that.
By the way - Gulati staying on is a terrible development.
FMiC - Gulati's term expires in February and he is not guaranteed re-election, assuming he runs. He will be opposed this time.
In the meantime, we're still bidding for a WC in 202_ (whatever it is), and someone has to be in charge of that until February. That's actually the kind of thing that Sunil is good at. He's a very smart guy (Bucknell, after all) and a much-liked economics prof at Columbia. He's just not the right guy to lead the on-the-field aspects of the program.
Hopefully he'll read tea leaves and decide not to run again.
I stand corrected then. Would certainly be interesting
If you wanted to troll Mexico, though, we could get the only coach who can turn Super Saiyan, Miguel Herrera:
It’ll take a major revolt for Gulati to lose his reelection (I’m assuming he runs). There’s a sports lawyer in Boston who is running. And Wynalda will probably run. But it’s a major uphill battle for anyone. The one argument for keeping Gulati is that our WC bid would be hurt if we got rid of him. I doubt that’s true, but I don’t really know.
My actual suggestion would be Jesse Marsch. I get to watch him a ton, supporting the Red Bulls. He's a very good in game manager, tinkering with formations and making changes on the fly to good effect. He's also good at incorporating new players and identifying what they do well. Smart guy.
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are ten levels of delusion away from reality.
My actual suggestion would be Jesse Marsch. I get to watch him a ton, supporting the Red Bulls. He's a very good in game manager, tinkering with formations and making changes on the fly to good effect. He's also good at incorporating new players and identifying what they do well. Smart guy.
Marsch wants to coach in Europe, but, like you, I think that he would be a strong hire, tireless worker and adaptable. Notwithstanding the Red Bulls ho hum season this year, it has been great watching the coach manage the transition to younger players.
I would argue that the failure of the US to get to the WC is a reason for FIFA to not "back" him. Their ratings in the US will be down. The garbage of the last 7 years shows his leadership of US Soccer is terrible. Many people can do better. Picking Klinsmann was a disaster and doomed 2018 as the team never got out fron underneath 2014.
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I’ve had people tell me that Gulati is arguing that he’s a key part of the US/Mexico/Canada 2026 WC bid, and that the odds of our bid winning would decrease if Gulati was not in charge. My gut says that’s bullshit, but I don’t know how the politics of FIFA work.
I would argue that the failure of the US to get to the WC is a reason for FIFA to not "back" him. Their ratings in the US will be down. The garbage of the last 7 years shows his leadership of US Soccer is terrible. Many people can do better. Picking Klinsmann was a disaster and doomed 2018 as the team never got out fron underneath 2014.
FIFA likes the status quo, and they like Gulati. He is part of the establishment. He’s a known entity. I think FIFA would prefer we keep Gulati than bring in someone like Wynalda who has no reason to not push for change within FIFA. Also, perhaps I’m not thinking about this properly, but I don’t think FIFA will make less money than they would have otherwise. Sure, ticket sales to the three US games may have been better than ticket sales for the three Panama/Honduras games, but ratings wise, Fox will take the hit for that, not FIFA.