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Both of them have better physical presence than Tyler. Also long range forward passing ability. With double pivot, we can address the weakness in our center defense, but also have better ability go generate deep-midfield connection to forward-midfield (currently, Musah is doing solo run to address this, he is among the best in the world, but his after pass decision making is suspect). In front of them, I can have Puli/Reyna/Wes to find the half space around the top of box.

 

I think Matarazzo is a lack of interest thing and they contacted him last time around.

 

Republic of Ireland?

 

Hmm.... OK, thanks for the info. In mid-2023 Rino had just coached the last few months of the previous season at Hoffenheim, keeping them up. He was under contract until mid 2025. Now he's coming off a 7th place finish. Believed to be under the same contract, AFAICT. Hoffenheim is headed for the Europa League.

I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to stay regardless and enjoy the reward of European competition, but the timing would be less weird than leaving after a few months. It might work even better as an Emma Hayes deal, assuming he hasn't secretly extended his contract, if we're open to another one of those.

 

It took me a moment. That was a weird game. Watching it was more or less the same emotional experience as this SNL sketch:

 

I am surprised there haven't been any leaks about the meeting already.

 

They are taking no chances. It is being held at a super secret location known as “The Meadows.”

 

Buyouts can be complicated to negotiate.

 

As a split-the-difference middle path, they could name a caretaker while they do an exhaustive search, with the added benefit that the caretaker gets an audition. So USSoccer could put the Berhalter era behind us sooner rather than later and let Gregg get on with his life.

 

They have to explore all the possible synergies and ways they can innovate excellence. They don’t want to boil the ocean here. Once they have scoped the problem optimally they will focus group it in order to benchmark it against top quartile performers. Only then will they be ready to decide whether to order in lunch.

 

One interesting point that Tab Ramos raises: We need someone who understands the World Cup. By extension there is zero value in someone who understand CONCACAF. we aren’t playing CONCACAF meaningfully in the next two years.

to be honest, we aren’t playing anyone much before then. This is a damn near impossible job now to get a team with no meaningful competition between now and then.

 

“Oh, I hated GGG and his wee BEADY eyes and his smug bounce passes.”

 

Why the need to do it quickly? We don’t have anything coming up.

 

I kind of like the idea of Varas as interim manager. I think his resume is way too thin to give him the job for 2026, but I liked what he did with the U-20s and wouldn't mind seeing him get a few friendlies in charge of the senior team to see if there's some potential there for the future.

 

Basically it's a garden-variety human resource issue.

 

I have not been contacted, even as an interim choice, so everyone here can breathe a little easier.

 

I don't follow her (I read very little soccer media these days) so I checked Brazil game ratings and she's just mirroring social media sensitivities which don't have much to do with actual football.

Marcelo Bielsa’s fight for football’s soul continues with brilliant Uruguay press conference (msn.com)

 

Here’s where I think we’re into “maybe just stick with GB” territory. If that’s the replacement, I’d keep GB on board for a few more months. That’s a shitty thing to do to Gregg, but oh well.

 

What the hell does this mean? And how is it on topic? Is this code?

 

I'll ping you to reach out and touch base. We can either put a pin in it or do a deep dive. I'm drinking from a firehose here!

Anyway, just move your Jira tickets into the right swimlanes and get the Gantt chart up to date (revision 1776).

 

I think the list was about those who are "available".

 

https://www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...ces-ole-gunnar-solskjaer-as-full-time-manager

You've got to be careful with that. On one hand it helps that we have no real opportunity for an interim coach to win anything impressive and thus get entrenched until 2026. OTOH we have no real opportunity for an interim coach to win anything, so what would be a meaningful audition? CONCACAF trophies?

 

I don't see Becherano's byline anywhere so I can't tell if this is the link you meant to post.

Anyway, "It is no coincidence that Bielsa is still adored by the fans of every club he has managed, from Beeston to Bilbao, as the 68-year-old always puts supporters first," is just lunacy. I guess we're not counting his two days at Lazio. I don't claim to know anything about fan sentiment in Marseille or Lille but he left both under rather odd circumstances -- he left one game into his second season with OM, feuding with management, and I can't figure out from Wikipedia what happened in Lille when they put him on suspension, then somehow terminated his contract.

 

At 7est USSF will drop a small note retaining Gregg who demonstrated by PowerPoint all will be ok then they'll hope it gets washed out by other news lol

 

Lol. BTW, Charlie Davies characterizes former player opinion as virtually “unanimous.”