I, too, am removing my name from consideration for DC United's head coaching position.
Bill has his own take on the nominees. That reminds me, I need to fill out my MLS awards ballot.
Quote: Voting will close on Monday, October 26 at Noon ET. Oops.
Well, the good news is, you won't be able to blame me for any of this year's winners.

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The Philadelphia Union will be selecting its first players in just two weeks when Major League Soccer holds the Expansion Draft and Union head coach Peter Nowak will have his lead assistant coach in place for the draft.

The Union will announce the hire of former U.

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Peter Nowak said farewell to one job on Thursday, setting up his next coaching opportunity, which will begin on Friday.

Nowak officially resigned from his post as U.

Celestine Babayaro in a rare appearance with the LA Galaxy at an Adidas store in Seoul, South Korea.
With the release today of Grant Wahl's text "The Beckham Experiment" we continue to post interesting, or funny excerpts likely overshadowed in the whole Beckham vs Donovan brouhaha.
One of the more fascinating mini plots of the whole Beckham to LA Galaxy saga was one that occurred last off season when Newcastle man Celestine Babyaro was brought in to bolster the Galaxy right side.

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In a move that was long expected, Preki has left Chivas USA after three seasons as head coach.

Preki took over as head coach for Bob Bradley before the 2007 season and guided the team to the playoffs all three seasons.

Let me explain...

Sometimes a fun thing to do with your team is put a little something on the line during a game (only during practice and it is for fun, not money!!). So yesterday at camp in my 11-13 year old group we were playing soccer tennis. I was on Team Camo and one of my assistant coaches, Scott Mayer, was on the other team.

U.S. Under-17 Men's National Team head coach Wilmer Cabrera has named 20 players who will represent the United States at the 2009 CONCACAF U-17 Championship from April 21-May 2 in Tijuana, Mexico. All 20 players on the roster are currently part of U.S. Soccer's Under-17 Residency Program, training daily under Cabrera and his assistant coaches at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla.

This man is taking it on the chin for Red Bull New York.
From the Red Bull New York Front Office, the team has announced that head coach Juan Carlos Osorio has resigned from his position, effective immediately. The team also announced that assistant coach Richie Williams will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2009 season.

Major League Soccer lost one of its most respected assistant coaches to Europe this past weekend with Paul Mariner's departure from the New England Revolution to join English side Plymouth. As tough as that departure is on the Revs, it is also a big blow for MLS, which is facing an off-season where several head coaching jobs are expected to open up.

Since Mr. Erik Soler is now the Sporting Director and General Manager Supreme, but is admittedly ignorant to the rules and nature of MLS, I figured I could start the good man off with a 5 point orientation plan before the start of the season. I mean, if it isn't me, then whom? Jeff Agoos?

Toronto FC have accepted the resignation of John carver. Toronto FC have announced that head coach John Carver has tendered his resignation with the club for personal reasons. His resignation will take effect immediately. Carver was hired as head coach on February 1, 2008. "We would sincerely like to thank John for his work with Toronto FC during his time here.

Juergen Klinsmann, who had been unsuccessfully courted by U.S. Soccer to replace Bruce Arena in 2006, has been sacked from his first coaching job since guiding host Germany to third place of 2006 World Cup. Bayern Munich dismissed Klinsmann on Monday following the latest disappointing result -- a 1-0 loss to Schalke 04.

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Peter Nowak said farewell to one job on Thursday, setting up his next coaching opportunity, which will begin on Friday.

Nowak officially resigned from his post as U.

José Miguel Romero of the Seattle Times writes about the match-up between the Sounders FC and the Columbus Crew, which will be the first time that Sigi Schmid will get to manage against his former team taht he had taken to the MLS Cup title last season.
Sigi Schmid won't say it directly, but one of his assistant coaches will.

Firstly I want to apologise for the lack of posts over the last month or so. I have had a very busy summer and I have had some health issues to deal with as well.

I am now back fully in the swing of things and this time of year I am doubly focused on soccer. The English Premier League has recently kicked off and alongside that, my college soccer team reported for pre season training yesterday and we had our first practices today.

As a coach, you may want to ask one of your parents or your assistant coaches to keep stats for you during the game. This way, you can keep track of how many shots or goals you got off against a particular team, how different players are faring in different positions, and how your goalkeeper matches up to the opposing goalkeeper.

National team coordinator Carlos Bilardo said in an interview with Radio Del Plata, that if FIFA does not allow Maradona to attend the World Cup draw next month, he will not attend either.

So, who will represent Argentina at the World Cup draw?

The assistant coaches?

Firstly I want to apologise for the lack of posts over the last month or so. I have had a very busy summer and I have had some health issues to deal with as well.

I am now back fully in the swing of things and this time of year I am doubly focused on soccer. The English Premier League has recently kicked off and alongside that, my college soccer team reported for pre season training yesterday and we had our first practices today.

Major League Soccer lost one of its most respected assistant coaches to Europe this past weekend with Paul Mariner's departure from the New England Revolution to join English side Plymouth. As tough as that departure is on the Revs, it is also a big blow for MLS, which is facing an off-season where several head coaching jobs are expected to open up.

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The Philadelphia Union will be selecting its first players in just two weeks when Major League Soccer holds the Expansion Draft and Union head coach Peter Nowak will have his lead assistant coach in place for the draft.

The Union will announce the hire of former U.

I recently re-upped my subscription to the soccer portion of notabbot.com, and Chris Costello rewards with a fairly scathing post on Chicago Fire Confidential's coverage of Denis Hamlett's dismissal from the Chicago Fire head coach job (with a side swipe at Tom Dunmore more good measure):

Oddly enough, the rap on Hamlett ended up being the same as the rap that ultimately did in one of his predecessors -- Dave Sarachan.

According to the Thai FA website Thailand will play Oman in a friendly at the Thai Japanese Stadium on 27 December.
Which is odd. On a number of levels.
First the Singaporeans thought they were playing Oman on 28 & 31 December.
Unless Oman will finish the game in Bangkok then hotfoot it down to Singapore with barely time for a shower?

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Just a day after having Akron head coach Caleb Porter turn down the job, D.C. United has now missed on two other potential candidates for the position.

D.C. United was turned down by the San Jose Earthquakes after requesting permission to speak to head coach Frank Yallop about the D.

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Just a day after having Akron head coach Caleb Porter turn down the job, D.C. United has now missed on two other potential candidates for the position.

D.C. United was turned down by the San Jose Earthquakes after requesting permission to speak to head coach Frank Yallop about the D.

Guest Post by Ted Meyer Curt Onalfo has been hired by D.C. United after an extensive search that had international names, MLS assistant coaches and even college coaches. It's hard to believe that...