MLS Coaching and Front Office - News & Discussion Thread 2019

Somewhere in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Jonathan Kraft just gave himself a face palm and yelled, "Dad! We should've tried this before hiring Coach Arena!"

 

I believed it when it was Loudoun United, but now it might just be a trick since United's next game is against the Revs.

 

Lots of great assistants aren't great head coaches. Williams has a good track record as an MLS assistant. This doesn't guarantee he'll be quality again, but he's a perfect guy for Arena.

 

I consider it a loss for the United teams.

 

Especially with Dave Sarachan not being available.

 

What's Curt Onalfo up to these days?

 

Come on. Let New England have this one.

 

Conor Casey is now 25% of the way to Anthony Hudson's all-time MLS win total.

 

That was some bad soccer from Columbus last night. I know the Crew FO had quite a mess to clean up but I am curious to see how quickly they can turn over a roster that has basically been neglected.

 

The Steffen $$ should help. I was confused about the Zardes DP contract extension but I wouldnt say hes been the problem...basically IMO their offensive strategy revolved around their fullbacks creating overloads and have had to play without DP Valenzuela (arguably best LB in the league) and Afful (arguably best offensive RB in the league). Biggest priorities have to be replacing Steffen, finding heir to Higuain, getting an Accam replacement/upgrade and hoping the fullbacks can recover from injury. Their CB and CM depth is relatively solid and Zardes can lead the line for MLS in an effective system (as GGG proved last year).

 

No disagreements with your post.

If you Twitter, follow Dr. Pete Edwards, team doctor turned owner. He has some interesting tweets, talking about coming out of the fire with three dragons, making a splash, things like that.

I have never seen that from an owner.

 

Yeah, the Crew have a lot of questions right now. Porter is safe for at least this whole seaon plus the first half of next year. But he seems to be doing worse with basically the same players.

When Steffen leaves, it looks like Kempin will take over. Bendik was a disaster. We should try to find Higuain's replacement this year instead of waiting. Zardes has fallen off his scoring pace from last year and we don't seem to have anyone else who can reliably put away good chances.

 

Almeyda just passed Stahre with 5 wins.

 

Ticks all the boxes for me. For an "inside MLS' hire there's not many better candidates available. The best "outside MLS" suggestion I heard was Aitor Karanka.

 

An African-American head coach in MLS? Unpossible!

 

Jamaican-American?

Kind of surprised they didn't take an extended look considering europe/mexico is out of season


The Chivas USA permanent coaches are kind of impressive post Chivas.

1) Rongen - Considering he was the YNT coach of the so called "lost generation" BS. He got them to youth World Cups.
2) Westerof - He is pretty much retired
3) Bob Bradley - Might be the best manager the US has had.
4) Preki - Nearly became the first american to manage a premier league team when he reportedly nearly got the Leicester City job the year they won the EPL.
5)Martin Vasquez - Became first assistant to Klinsmann and then the scapegoat.
6) Robin Fraser
7) El Chelis - Don't know how he hasn't gotten arrested in Las Vegas even when he isn't associated with the team.
8) Jose Luis Real - Made an appearance as caretaker manager for Toluca
9) Wilmer Cabrera - Doing well in Houston.

 

Peter Vermes is only the Kansas City's 4th permanent manager, 6th if you count the interim stints Ken Fogarty (six games in 1999) and Brian Bliss (half a season after Bob Gansler got pushed out).

 

It is strangely lacking, and for Fraser to be a repeater as the sole African-American head coach is kinda weird.