MLS Coaching and Front Office - News & Discussion Thread 2019

i still find it hard to believe the writing wasnt on the wall when gio went to dortmund instead of staying within the cfg family. thats gotta sting internally.

 

Salt Lake with a pretty interesting hire on the academy side, with experienced Belgian youth coach Arnold Rijensburg coming onboard as director of coaching. It's an ambitious hire; color me intrigued. Lengthy article in The Athletic.

 

I wonder how his hire will affect the RSL-AZ side of the youth program. We could use better curriculum, coaching, and organization from top to bottom.

 

What's a youth system? Asking for Matt Jor-....a friend.

 

That side doesn't sound like they need that much tweaking...

 

Paul Rideout is a coach there and he was one of England's top prospects in the 1980s.

 

He coaches a few of the boys ECNL teams and state league teams. The problem is the lack of training continuity from top to bottom. You got some teams playing kick and run and others building out of the back.

 

So the plan was to get 300,000 coaches certified between 2017 and 2022. Hopefully everyone will be on the same page by then.



And if Paul hadn't left Notts to move to Rangers in 1991 we probably would have been in the Premier League.

 

Paul Rideout is an honest to goodness Wizard!

 

Jason Kreis was offered the job and sources tell me that his “counter offer” offended the decision makers leading to the offer being pulled. Freddy did a job last year and deserves the chance but how difficult is this task?! #MLS https://t.co/34oWkPA4me

— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) December 3, 2019

amazing lol

 

Elliot Fall named #RSL General Manager

📰| https://t.co/Si5QZuxJr0 pic.twitter.com/NSdeeAOU9G

— Real Salt Lake (@realsaltlake) December 3, 2019

 

NEWS: Orlando City SC Names Óscar Pareja as Head Coach. #VamosOrlando

— Orlando City SC (@OrlandoCitySC) December 4, 2019

 

1204436832198508545 is not a valid tweet id

 

Not official at this point.

 

It’s a news AND discussion thread.

 

Swiss international

 

A new coach for a new era in Chicago.

Welcome, Raphael Wicky.https://t.co/vmlbEu8GJV

— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) December 27, 2019

Fire make it officially official.

 

Fuentes fidedignas nos aseguran que el Inter MIAMI ya tendría un acuerdo con el DT uruguayo Diego Alonso (44)y el anuncio sería inminente. Alonso hombre de experiencia y campeón con Pachuca y Monterrey. @PolancoESA @pereyraespn @delvalle_ESPN.

— Jorge Ramos y su Banda (@ESPN_JorgeRamos) December 27, 2019

🚨🚨

According to @ESPN_JorgeRamos, Inter Miami have found their manager..

44-year-old Uruguayan Diego Alonso

He’s managed Olimpia, Peñarol, Pachuca, and Monterrey.

Pachuca
Liga MX Clausura 2016 🏆
CCL 2016-17 🏆

Monterrey
CCL 2019 🏆 pic.twitter.com/rfi1rC7XtH

— MLS Buzz (@MLS_Buzz) December 27, 2019

Also some rumors floating around that former Pachuco and Monterrey coach, Diego Alonso will be Miami FC’s first coach.

 

Honestly, this is probably the best they were going to do with the state the team is in right now. At least he has some credentials/experience...we'll see how he does.

 

Raphael Wicky, who oversaw the poor U.S. performance at U-17 World Cup this fall, named head coach of Chicago Fire #mls

— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) December 27, 2019

.....and the positive reviews for the Fire hire start rolling in....

 

The USMNT edict on all of its coaches at all levels having to live in Chicago is already paying dividends!

 

Adding 🔥 to the technical staff.

Welcome, Sebastian Pelzer.

— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) December 28, 2019

The fire continue to fill out their front office.

 

They need to. Mansueto fired everyone down to the kit man when he fired Pauno.

 

🔊Your Coach is Here 🔊@AlonsoDT welcome to #InterMiamiCF! pic.twitter.com/mPueYORHo0

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) December 30, 2019

Official

 

Yeah, we know nothing about him in Chicago, either.

Apparently, he worked for our new GM's consulting company.