MLS Coaching and Front Office - News & Discussion Thread 2019

Only if you're wearing that hat in the new photo.

 

I still have it...a little worse for wear after getting thwacked with a flare at a USA-Mexico Dos a Cero, but it still fits.

 

GET ON IT!!!!!!

 

I would think that it has to be rather unprecedented for a head coach to survive through several ownership regimes at a club. Pretty much the first thing new owners like to do is bring in their own guy to put their stamp on things.

 

I'm still surprised he survived 2013.

 

Unfortunately, I'm not.

 

That's one nice thing about hats as we age and (often) widen.

 

No surprise. The growing professional ecosystem, coupled with the league's growing international reputation and ability to attract credible foreign coaches, makes NCAA as viable a path for coaches as it is for players.

 

I think most of the issue is the growth of USL and MLS teams bringing in coaches through their youth teams and as assistants. Jim Curtin (Philly), Luchi Gonzalez (FCD), Wilmer Cabrera (Houston), Chris Armas (NYRB), Brian Schmetzer (SEA), and Greg Vanney (TFC) all came from within the organization. Marc Dos Santos (VWFC), Gio Savaresse (PTFC), James O'Conner (ORL), Adrian Heath (Minnesota), and Alan Koch (Cincy) all coached in USL or NASL. Then you throw in that certain teams attract higher profile coaches or players that used to play in the league come back to coach (GBS and Pauno for instance) and there just isn't much room for a coach that is inexperienced at the pro level or who hasn't coached at least at a youth national team level.

 

Yeah that's what I meant, but didn't really elaborate on, when I said "professional ecosystem".

 

In fact a lot of the current coaches are ex-MLS players. This is a somewhat normal path for ex-players take, and there are a lot of guys who are seen as leaders and "coaches on the field," so it's only natural. Soccer, more so than other sports, is one where the guys on the field are tasked with making adjustments and shifting tactics as the game unfolds, so it's easy to see how some personalities would be natural for a coaching role later on. This is in contrast to the NFL, where some QBs make on-the-fly decisions, so much more is directed by the coaches and their rigid "systems" where everyone has a very specific role in very specific situations.

 

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Another interesting move from Miami. This club that felt like a fairy tale for a long time is starting to come together quickly.

 

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Formerly with Gremio in Brazil.

 

It can still retain a bit of relevance with MLS homegrowns playing in college ball, but they are wanting to tinker with the schedule and ignore the 8 million pound gorilla. Ditch the AYSO rules.

 

Expect Mix Diskerud, Chris Wingert, Ned Grabavoy and Sebastián Velásquez to be their first 4 signings.

 

If she knew what she was doing she’d go by girth.

 

Perhaps she and ye can compromise on Volume.

 

Seems like a good idea for him to rebuild his reputation after failures in NY and Orlando.