To win cup we must hire US coach

Take it you don't like Belgium's chances?

Realize your post was sarcastic, but I have seen people legitimately arguing this. It's correlation instead of causation--countries that produce enough players capable of winning the WC are also a lot more likely to produce managers capable of winning it, and the former is a lot more difficult than the latter.

 

Well it's really only in the last 20-30 years or so that the game has become fully internationalized, prior to around 1990/1994 the vast majority of WC players were still playing at clubs in their home countries too.

 

As pointed out, it's correlation, not causation. Countries that produce good players also produce good managers.

It's also important to note that 20 results is not a statistically significant sample to draw really any conclusions. We've only ever had 20 World Cups and only 8 winners. Trends that emerge from such a small sample cannot be said to be conclusive, especially if you're making absolute statements.

No European team had ever, ever won outside Europe - and it was received wisdom that Europeans only played well at home because of the climate, because of the fan support, because of timezones, because they're soft - all sorts of explanations proposed by pundits claiming expert opinions. Until Spain in 2010, and then Germany in 2014, and suddenly you don't hear those expert opinions anymore.

 

Speaking of American USMNT coaches, I propose we turn this into a watch thread for up and coming American coaches.

I am intrigued by Jesse Marsch as RB Leipzig, and Steve Cherundolo at Stutgart. And of course Huddersfield Town is coached by none other than our much beloved USMNT star David Wagner

http://www.espn.com/soccer/rb-leipz...arsch-wants-to-coach-us-national-team-one-day