Chicago team hires coach

Discussion in 'Chicago Red Stars' started by ButlerBob, May 15, 2008.

  1. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. lucky13dad

    lucky13dad Member

    May 16, 2006
    Region 2
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Great move by Peter Wilt & Co. Would Kelly Smith and Emma Byrne be too much to hope for?
     
  3. hairdryer

    hairdryer New Member

    Apr 22, 2008
    Great move. Saw her put on a couple of sessions at the NSCAA convention and they were excellent and she will bring an exciting style of play to Chicago based on the passing game of the Arsenal men's and women's teams.
     
  4. MRAD12

    MRAD12 Member+

    Jun 10, 2004
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Congrats Peter. Now hopefully the name will be announced soon.
    Getting Kelly Smith in Chicago would be something.
     
  5. Bonnie Lass

    Bonnie Lass Moderator
    Staff Member

    Lyon
    Norway
    Oct 20, 2000
    Up top
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    You have to remember Kelly Smith is the assistant academy director. With Hayes coming to the U.S., Arsenal may very well offer her the job now.

    And even if she doesn't get Hayes job, I have a feeling she won't be coming back. Though she speaks fondly of playing pro ball here in the U.S., she went through one hell of a depression while she was here and it took a lot of time for her to overcome it.

    But again, that's just speculation ...
     
  6. Skoergal

    Skoergal Member

    Feb 19, 2004
    California
    I'm with redcard on this one. I would be very surprised to see Kelly Smith come back to WUSA. In fact, my money is on the foreign players that come this time around to be the young ones, the ones that don't have much holding them back in their respective countries. But the fact is that in places like Germany, Norway, Sweden countries have had another 5-6 years since WUSA to develop their leagues even further, and between national team and club pay, not to mention side jobs, many of the players are doing well enough that it would have to take one hell of an offer from a club to leave their settled lives and come over. With the new budget for the WPS sounding a lot smaller, I would say that the established stars who are older, such as the Kelly Smith's wouldn't be so inclined to come. But I guess time will tell.
     
  7. Bonnie Lass

    Bonnie Lass Moderator
    Staff Member

    Lyon
    Norway
    Oct 20, 2000
    Up top
    Club:
    Olympique Lyonnais
    Agreed completely. I think there will be some wild cards, but I don't think you'll see nearly as many big names come over as they did last time.
     
  8. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here's another article about it.

    http://www.socceramerica.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=26556

    Not sure if they get Smith. But I would think that with Emma Hayes being an assistant coach for probably the best women's club team in not only England but also Europe, the chances of some Arsenal women players ending up in Chicago is pretty good.

    Here's the announcement from the Arsenal site.

    http://www.arsenal.com/article.asp?...827&title=Hayes+announces+departure+from+Club
     
  9. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. weipenguigumbi

    weipenguigumbi New Member

    Dec 4, 2007
    Kelly Smith I wouldn't bet on because of the job she has at the Academy, it'd be a slightly foolish thing to do economically. But at the same time I still think it's possible because in all the post WWC interviews I saw with her I got the strong impression that she wasn't completely satisfied with her career and she was looking for a bit more of a competitive challenge on the pitch, and she just seems like the type of person who lets her competitive spirit get the better of her. There was also some article out there that she said probably not to the new American league, but that she wasn't willing to say absolutely no, meaning she could be convinced, and really who better to convince her?

    Emma Byrne, however, did say she would not.
     
  11. BtownKj

    BtownKj Member

    Italy
    Jul 15, 2006
    South Korea
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    hmm glad to see that gotta good coach i thought they might try and get Shek from Fc Indiana
     
  12. English Rose

    English Rose New Member

    Jul 25, 2008
    London, UK
    Chicago signing Haynes is a great move, they will gain some great coaching experience from her. She did great with Arsenal.

    As for Kelly Smith, I have heard through the grapevine here in the UK that she might be moving over to play aswell as Alex Scott? Only rumours but who knows...I wouldn't be surprised if she did. She deserves to play at the highest level and get paid for it.
     

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