The Next US Coach

I agree.

Even this guys accomplished more (WITH A LOT LESS) than Bruce

 

US coach position is available right now...Please send or fax your resume' to US Soccer Headquarters.

 

I got one name for who will bring the USA on the top !

Glenn " Mooch " Myernick

thats the bottom line!

 

Juergen Klinsman

 

In that case, Mike Freitag would be a perfect option, no?

 

Klinsman is good, but Klinsman has a bunch of known very high quality players.
Hiddink takes nobodies and makes them play very inspired ball.
Either would work IMO, but I would almost think Hiddink could do more.
I think much would depend on who wants the job more - I think Klinsman would probably want it more than anyone.

 

Why do people have the tendency to always think small.

Why not determine who the best coach is on the planet and get him here. I'm sure the politicos in DC can find some pork project to finance whatever it costs.

 

Tell that to a Revs fan who suffered through MLS Cups 2002 and 2005.

I love Steve Nicol but I hate his big-game tactics.

 

We can always get Steve Sampson

 

He's available right now...He can coach for free...

 

I SERIOUSLY hope you are joking....

 

How about Mia Hamm? Discuss...lol

 

I say throw all the bums out!

 

Is he the one who was scouting the Czech Republic?

 

Sigi Schmid?

 

Paul Caligiuri? Dave Dir?

 

Steve Nicol !

He has a nack for finding young talent and creating good team players. Something we desperately need! Hey, he found Dempsey and turned him into a World Cup goal scorer.

Beastie Eddie

 

Shit! I second that. Anybody who can take a men's national team mid-way, take them to the WC, and give them a figthing chance WITH the level of players he was given....LEO, WELCOME!

 

Sparky Anderson?


Ditka?


Scott Bowman?


Bela Karolyi?

 

Could be, but I'd love to see Earnie coaching. I think he could do a good job with the Nats.

 

That's interesting. Hadn't thought of him.

 

A new coach would be like a band-aid on a knife wound.

Helpful, but not as much as everyone would think.

What the new coach has to do is start attacking the thicket of problems that lie within the alleged "development" system currently in place here in the States.

Waiting until a player is done with NCAA soccer means he's 22, and has spent the last four years practicing 20 hours a week during the four-month season. That's all he's allowed.

Bradenton? You need four or five more Bradentons to start churning out the number of players that would create a critical mass of soccer talent. Having the top 20-40 players live with each other kills their hunger, makes them complacent. You're not going to improve if the guy who could take your spot on the team is your roommate.

Europe? Please. That's fine for older players (age 20+), and guys who can play over there are a positive sign for our talent, but our weak spot is the younger players. They just are not getting enough of a solid foundation in skills and tactics, and are behind other players by the time they're 20.

Bottom line: we need to expand the soccer opportunities available for the U-17 player. Cast a wider net.

So the obvious solution is MLS. Start twelve U-17 teams right now. Have 'em play against each other, the same schedule as the big boys. Have 'em go on extended tours of South America and Europe. Have 'em practice daily with the first team. Have 'em live the life of a full-time soccer player, and see to it that they never see the field as a member of a college team unless they want to kiss off their WC hopes. And most importantly, have 'em practice their individual skills a minimum of 90 minutes a day. I'm still waiting for an American player who looks comfortable on the ball, going one-on-one. (Dempsey might be the closest.)

The fact that MLS isn't on a par yet with most of the European leagues is not a drawback. It might even be an advantage, as youth players see how close they are to the first team.

This obviously is something that MLS will have to work with US Soccer on. And there's a number of entities that would be threatened by this initiative, including the local clubs and the NCAA. (College eligibility is a minefield here; parents won't want their kids to sign away a chance at a scholarship here without a guarantee of some kind--perhaps MLS could pay money into a scholarship fund.)

But the alternative is having to hope that we get placed into an easy group every four years, and to kiss off any chance we have of actually winning the World Cup.

 

OTTMAR HITZFELD !!!!!!

winner champions league 1998 borussia dortmund
winner champions league 2001 bayern munich

 

Please - he can't even manage the Revs