The Official Matías Almeyda thread

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  1. elhula

    elhula Member

    Apr 18, 2007
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    Matias time with AEK Athens has come to an end after a pretty successful spell in charge of the club, i wonder if he will look to manage another club or take a National Team gig if one becomes an option for him
     
  2. falvo

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    So he lasted exactly three years.

    Was he fired or did he quit?
     
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  3. JazzyJ

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  4. don gagliardi

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  5. elhula

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    Apr 18, 2007
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  6. nivla

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    so Alex Covelo is next one up at AEK. Right? Or Luchi?
     
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  7. falvo

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    #6982 falvo, May 15, 2025
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    He had success at AEK but they are one of the top teams in Greece.

    I don’t think he ever had a chance with the Quakes and other than signing Cristian Espinoza who is still with us, he chose the wrong players for MLS.

    Covelo is still with the Quakes I believe.
     
  8. ThreeApples

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    Ended with six losses in the six-match playoff round to determine the champion.
     
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  9. xbhaskarx

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    #6984 xbhaskarx, May 15, 2025
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    Is that why we stopped getting updates? Because for a while we got like weekly updates from multiple people here about Almeyda's exploits in Greece (a much worse league btw)... Sort of like Kaval's Kockoff but the falvo/Quakes05 version!

    AEK was eliminated from European competition by Armenian side Noah in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.
    Yikes... Greece is 12th in the UEFA league coefficient (between Norway and Austria), and Armenia is 35th (between Bosnia and Latvia). For an idea of how low that is 40th is the Faroe Islands.
     
  10. JazzyJ

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    Jun 25, 2003
    Yeah, I know - it's a very short leash over there.
     
  11. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Well, signing players is part of the "chance" that you have. He was effectively the GM as well as coach in terms of who is signed, like Bruce is now. Jesse was just his yes man who did the administrative part of the deals.
     
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  12. xbhaskarx

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    No idea what players he signed in Greece or if they were any good, but we know he went to one of the top Greek teams, and they were best when he got there winning the title in their first season, not as good in his second season, and ended with being eliminated by some random Armenian club and "six losses in the six-match playoff round" in his third season. So it sounds like he inherited a good team and ran it into the ground in three years. Whereas with the Quakes he inherited a crap team and they stayed crap or got worse as he signed a bunch of Friends of Almeyda that inevitably didn't work out.
     
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  13. JazzyJ

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    Jun 25, 2003
    He also got the benefit of the new stadium bump his 1st year I think.
     
  14. davidjd

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    "The season continued with inconsistent performances, culminating in a crushing 6-0 defeat to Olympiacos in the first leg of the Betsson Greek Cup semi-final. This followed an earlier 4-1 loss to the same side in the league at Faliro, further compounding pressure on the Argentine manager."

    That sounds familiar.
     
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  16. JazzyJ

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    Jun 25, 2003
    Wow, is this photo for real, from goal.com? Looks like he's aged about 30 years.

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. xbhaskarx

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    Matías Almeyda reportedly closing in on Monterrey job, with Domènec Torrent and former Barcelona manager Xavi is also in the mix​

    So former Quakes coach, former NYCFC coach, and almost Inter Miami coach...
     
  18. xbhaskarx

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    Living life by the bushido code is not easy

     
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  19. run_it_out

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    I kind of wish Kaitlyn were here to tell us more about the purple sweater that he personally sent her.

    Not selling them Kikanovic ended up being one of the worst financial decisions we've made.
     
  20. JazzyJ

    JazzyJ BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 25, 2003
    Or the private chat “she” had with him (which I never believed was real - there was too much fishy stuff in that supposed chat).

    As far as I know the Benji thing was never confirmed by a reliable source and seems questionable to me.
     
  21. falvo

    falvo Member+

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    Coaching in Europe, as opposed to MLS or in San Jose for that matter, will age anyone in dog years.

    I wonder if Almeyda’s daughter took to Twitter this time to bad mouth AEK’s organization?
     
  22. xbhaskarx

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    Apparently our good friend Kaitlyn got this text message from Matias Almeyda right after he was fired not sure what it means...

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  23. SoccerMan94043

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    Every day, without fail, I certainly considered myself dead while watching MA coach the Quakes.
     
  24. Golazo69

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    Aug 2, 2017
    Oh man I used to love that movie
     
  25. falvo

    falvo Member+

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