This. The 3 year deal for Hudson actually bugs me less than Pablo's. Nobody is going to move to a foreign country to take a manager job on a one year deal. Yeah, maybe they could have gone 2 instead of 3 but 3 isn't that unusual. Meanwhile they gave Pablo a 3 year deal, watched him absolutely suck for 2 of those years, then after one good year they gave him another three. No shock when he returned to the mean and sucked, and then we had to fire him 6 months into that deal. A lot of fans said they "had" to give him a new long-term deal after 2016, otherwise it would reflect badly on the organization not supporting their manager, but Pablo was awful in 2014 and 2015, he hadn't earned that support.
It's official, Dome is gone: https://www.nycfc.com/post/2019/11/...oach-dom-nec-torrent-mutually-agree-part-ways
I’d specifically like to thank the NYCFC players, staff and https://t.co/w4skZXXMbE the fans, thank you for always supporting the team and making me feel so welcome in New York since day one. I wish everyone good luck and a lot of success.” pic.twitter.com/45Jnz9oqhG— Domenec Torrent (@DomeTorrent) November 8, 2019
While Gio van Bronckhorst will be considered to replace Dome Torrent, he is not the only candidate and an announcement on the club's 4th coach in 6 seasons is not imminent. #NYCFC #MLSCup #MLS @MLS— Glenn Crooks (@GlennCrooks) November 8, 2019
I'm accustomed to hearing coaches bag on licensing courses, so it was striking to hear Vanney rave about his experience with the French Football Federation's EFCL course, a 2-year odyssey that participants often describe as one of the hardest processes of their careers: pic.twitter.com/F3oNd7u2qP— Charles Boehm (@cboehm) November 8, 2019
This is once of those things that flies under the radar when people like to complain about MLS. They are very open with going to other soccer organizations and learning or partnering with them if they believe they can teach them a better way to do things. When they realized that they were deficient in the way that they utilized the youth academies they found a partner in the FFF that was willing to teach American/Canadian coaches just like they train their own coaches in youth development.
At least the most of the team is signed up for next season so the roster doesn't need much tweaking. Who ever comes in will most likely play a similar style so I'm not as concerned when Vieira left.
Davies is all over him. At the end of the day, this is about their development pathways. Davies was blessed with World Class Coaching ™ from Carl Robinson in MLS. Meanwhile, Sancho was at Man City under some guy named Pepper Gardiolia or something like that. pic.twitter.com/eWYSyec7SJ— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) November 9, 2019
Lagerwey's been a GM in MLS for 12 straight seasons. He's never not been involved in a postseason. The job of the GM is to put the right players in the hands of the right coach. By that metric, he's far and away the best GM in MLS history. Far and away.— Will Parchman (@WillParchman) October 30, 2019 Lot of talk behind Schmetzer, rightfully, but all Garth Lagerwey does is build playoff teams. 08: Conf semis09: Champion10: Conf quarters11: Conf semis12: Conf quarters13: Runner-up14: Conf quarters15: Conf quarters16: Champion17: Runner-up18: Conf quarters19: Final— Will Parchman (@WillParchman) October 30, 2019
It's officially the MLS offseason and Inter Miami still haven't announced a manager.— Rob Usry (@RobUsry) November 10, 2019
A colleague said that Brian Schmetzer was the “worst coach in MLS” to me like three months ago. Needless to say, they’re about to get their comeuppance via screenshot. ✅— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) November 10, 2019 hmmm...
As apart of FC Dallas’ partnership with Bayern Munich, technical director Andre Zanotta, academy director Chris Hayden, and coach Luchi Gonzalez will be going to Munich in the next week to observe and exchange ideas.— Arman Kafai (@ArmanKafai) November 11, 2019
Of note....Claudio Reyna and GvB are former teammates and close friends. Claudio named his son Goo after him.
Primary reason to take US Soccer run courses were because it was a requirement. Unlike US Soccer, MLS is very well run. It sometimes takes a bit longer than it should because MLS execs and owners did not grow up in a soccer culture. But they are good managers, and once the data came in on how poor the US programs were, MLS sent their coaches elsewhere to learn. On the downside much of the first decade in the Academy was wasted through poor coaching and program management.
Veljko Paunovic is out as head(up-his-ass) coach for the Chicago Fire. It is about damned time. Rumors swirled this morning, thanks to Paul Tenorio in The Athletic. It has been confirmed by the Chicago Sun Times. https://chicago.suntimes.com/soccer...c-nelson-rodriguez-joe-mansueto-soldier-field
Official: https://www.chicago-fire.com/post/2019/11/13/chicago-fire-part-ways-head-coach-veljko-paunovi Step 1: throw a bag at PiojoStep 2: throw a bigger bag at Chicharito Step 3: enjoy your 40k crowds downtown— Matthew Doyle (@MattDoyle76) November 13, 2019