Why is this thread still open?? Kind of difficult to fire someone who no longer works for the organization......
We have an interim coach to replace one that - to our knowledge - has neither been fired, suspended, or let go officially. It's the USSF, which has a long and glorious history of bureaucratic hilarity, but I don't think even they have had this kind of situation before, where the incumbent coach had his contract expire without either a public renewal or an equally public search for a replacement.
Lads,it's Soccer House,heirs to the people who destroyed American pro soccer almost a hundred tears ago.
agree 100% - except i dont even think the dutch have the edge in talent....i think the teams are pretty equal....dutch has better defense, us has better midfield. netherlands in qatar had 10 players that play in netherlands, 2 in belgium, 1 in turkey the usmnt didnt call players playing well in those leagues - pepi, mckenzie, reynolds, booth, etc half of their team plays in leagues berhalter basically ignored. the top half of the dutch roster is great, but so is the US' USMNT should go for ability not name in the next coach. find a rising star
Gregg is not employed by USSF his contract expired. He is the former USMNT coach. Legally he is still a candidate and he is claiming interest which is probably just legal posturing from both parties to preserve any potential lawsuit. The Berhalter era is over we just have to wait for it to be official. There are obviously at least informal approaches being made. I doubt if Zidane had shown any interest USSF would have been agonizing over a choice of Gregg or Zidane. One fish bigger than Gregg nibbles the hook and Gregg is history. He knows it, USSF knows it, but apparently there are still Berhalter fan girls out there who can’t let it go ( not addressing you personally). It is what it is. I kind of feel bad for him but US Soccer will be ok, it’s just a pot hole on our road to the Jules Rimet Trophy.
the coach of morroco was hired three months before the qatar world cup began! three! any idea that a coach needs 4 years to build continuity for world cup success is bogus. and so is the idea that familiarty with the coach's system trumps talent....something greggg got horribly wrong in qatar and all throughout his overly MLS-laden cycle
The ship has sailed on the Jules Rimet Trophy. Brazil won it for keeps in 1970, being the first team to win it 3 times. Then it was stolen from the CBF offices in the 1980's, or maybe not... Nobody knows for sure where the real one is. A copy sold at auction several years ago for big money, I think that FIFA bought it? So, maybe that is the real one? But the USA, and all other countries can't win it, ever. It is retired. I like it better than the current replacement trophy.
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again its not it reminds me of on sunderland til I die in the first season and the guy say annoying looks at the scouts and basically says 'who hey f scouting ibra is their some hidden pile of money somewhere'..it was a waste of effort.
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. US Soccer will never be one of the big boys until they learn to shake off the inferiority complex.
It’s symbolic rather than literal. Let’s win the Sepp Blatter Statue or whatever it will be called whenever we get there.
that isn't how coaching searches go lol u don't waste time with guys u know aren't interested when nations league comes then what? still no coach? summer comes....still no coach fall comes....oh wait we have decided to bring back ggg after going after zidane, jose, klopp, and pep.. there are like 30 choices between gg and that group...look there.
why was mcbride let go? I have no way of even knowing how to evaluate his performance. cant be a good sign for berhalter though
So you don’t approach anyone that you don’t think we have a shot at? How do you know you don’t have a shot? They did contact Zidane reps to at least gather whether there is an interest so it sounds like that IS how it actually works lol. How long do you think it took to reach out. A few minutes? It wasn’t holding up any Nations League matches. Didn’t we have an interim manager for like a year before Gregg was hired? The federation approaches a number of candidates you and I never hear about many of which ask that it remain private. Some managers even have their reps contact the federation, also confidentially. Big names come with their own list of demands. Klinsmann, who was a big name at the time wanted more control than most candidates and the federation bought what he was selling. Many have either asked for control or renumeration that at that time we weren’t prepared to pay. Just because we didn’t hire them do not assume we didn’t talk to them or that they weren’t interested.
Reorganization makes the most sense. Some of what McBride does should fall on manager and some probably could be done by Ernie. His role is probably hard to justify. Use his salary for a better manager. I also think his role was getting phased out regardless of Gregg situation.
ABSOLUTELY WORLD CLASS GOAL FROM GIO REYNA 🔥(via @ESPNFC) pic.twitter.com/pVPJzwQhVd— USMNT Only (@usmntonly) January 22, 2023 whomever is the USMNT coach MUST play this kid A LOT #berhalterout
one of the midfielders or the striker...hes simply too good not to be playing for the USMNT MMA will never be good enough offensively. might be good in select moments.....but not as an every game strategy.
We're witnessing the Reyna redemption tour. I'd imagine he was very pissed how the entire world cup situation went, and now he's going take out his frustration on the pitch. That's the way to do it. If he stays healthy and plays with a chip on his shoulder, he's going to ball. Of course he should have been at minimum a first-off-the-bench sub in the World Cup. Not that 8 minutes in 3 games BS. More ideally should have been Weah starting up top and Reyna starting on the wing.
Kid dropped dimes for Haaland in CL knockouts vs. PSG, but Beerhholder couldn't even get him on the pitch vs. Iran and Wales.