I wasn't aware he was American, but Cork City's (League of Ireland Premier Division) new manager and legend of a player was apparently born in New York. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Caulfield_(footballer,_born_1964) Anyway, thought he deserved a thread.
Given that he is synonymous with the history of Cork City Football Club, it must be quite the double-whammy for the uninitiated to learn that the club’s new manager John Caulfield was (a) born some 3,000 miles from the banks of the Lee and (b) actually made his League of Ireland debut in the colours of Athlone Town. The man who would go on to become a Cork City Hall of Famer, holding the club records for all-time appearances and all-time joint top league goalscorer, actually first saw the light of day in New York in 1964, his parents — mother from north Cork, father from Mayo — having met in the States after emigrating from Ireland. Caulfield has no real memories of the country of his birth, however, the family coming back to settle in Roscommon when he was just two years old. http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/caulfield-back-to-field-of-dreams-260477.html
Semi-long form feature on John Caulfield aiming to return Cork City to its glory days BRONX-NATIVE JOHN CAULFIELD LEADING CORK CITY REVIVAL
Big win today for 2nd place Cork City at home against 3rd place St. Patrick's Cork needed a win to stay in the hunt for the title and maintain it's grip on 2nd place. If Cork finish in the top 3, Caulfield becomes the first American head coach to qualify a team for a European competition. the score was 0-0 in the 88th minute and then this happened. Great goal at a big moment
Cork City won on Friday and can finish no worse than 3rd place in Ireland - which is a spot in Europa qualifying This makes John Caulfield the first American-born head coach to qualify a team for a European comeptition. That is a cool story. Cork City is also in the running to still win the title with a huge game in a few weeks against current leaders Dundalk on the final day of the season. So a spot in Champions League qualifying is also possible.
Caulfield & Cork won today to move into first place with just 1 game left They will play for the championship next week with a visit to 2nd place Dundalk. If Cork win or draw, they're the champs Groundbreaking for an American coach
It's the big game in Ireland Cork City visit Dundalk in the final game of the season. The winner of the game wins the title while Cork wins the title on a draw John Caulfield has been a revelation in his first season as coach Here a preview Dundalk and Cork face title showdown
It did not go Cork City's way today, but a 2nd place finish is better than anyone predicted. It puts them into Europa League qualifying next year and Caulfield is very popular at the club for his job this year.
Drew KR Reykjavík in the first round of Europa League qualifying. He will become the first American-born head coach to coach in a European competition.
Came close to a trophy again as Cork City lost to Dundalk 1-0 AET in the FAI Cup final. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2015/1108/740495-dundalk-do-the-double-with-extra-time-cup-win/
Audio interview before the final: https://soundcloud.com/offtheball/fai-cup-final-with-john-caulfield-on-the-line
American Soccer factoid: @CorkCityFC's John Caulfield today became the 1st American-born manager to win a series in European competition— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) July 8, 2016
Cork drew Haecken 1-1 on the road in the first leg of the next round of Europa qualifying. That's a good result for an Irish club against an Allsvenskan club. Still, Haecken played with 10 men starting around the 64th minute and Cork blew a 1-0 lead until the 83rd minute. So I'd imagine Caulfield is pissed
In 2016, Caufield managed Cork City to a second place finish in the League of Ireland and a victory in the FAI Cup. They also ended up beating Hacken 2-1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round of the Europa League before losing 3-1 to Genk in the next round. Cork City have a place in the 1st qualifying round of the 2017-2018 Europa League.
John Caulfield has Cork City out to a perfect 33 points from its first 11 games to start the 2017 season. CCFC has scored 28 goals and conceded 5 so far I am no expert or anything, but I'd say that's pretty good
5-0 win today for Caulfield's Cork City team Cork City have a perfect 36 points through 12 games and have a 14 point lead on the 2nd place Bray Wanderers. They have scored 33 and conceded just 5. I am fairly confident we are going to have the first American-born manager to win a European league this year.
Cork City have an 18 point lead over 2nd, with a game in hand. Good work. They also played in Europa League qualifiers, beating Levadia Talinn 6-2 on aggregate in the first round but losing 0-2 on aggregate to AEK Larnaca in the second round.
Congratulations to Bronx native John Caulfield who becomes the first American-born manager to win a European country’s top tier as his Cork City FC team is crowned champions of Ireland today https://t.co/B9e1xj5BNm— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) October 18, 2017
Cork City is Leading Derry City 2 - 0 (57th minute) With the win they will lead Ireland's Premier League and John is still leading Cork City
Cork City drew Legia Warsaw in the first qualifying round of the 2018/19 Champions League. Caulfield will become the first American-born manager to lead a team at any stage of the Champions League
Cork City lost 4-0 on aggregate to Legia Warsaw in the Champions League first qualifying round. They are currently drawn against Rosenborg in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League. Cork City lost today's home leg 2-0. They still currently lead the League of Ireland Premier Division, though Dundalk are 2 points back with 2 games in hand.