The last remaining head coaching vacancy in Major League Soccer sits in Colorado, where the
Rapids are expected to make a decision on their replacement for Gary Smith this week.
Four candidates have emerged as Colorado's leading contenders. Denis Hamlett, Oscar Pareja, Tom
Soehn and Richie Williams are the four men sources have told SBi are the finalists for the job.
The Chicago Fire announced that Mike Matkovich and Leo Percovich will return to the club as
Frank Klopas' assistant coaches for the 2012 season. Matkovich rejoins the Fire as an assistant
coach, having previously served in the role for the club from 2009-10. The fact that Klopas is
bringing Matkovich back on suggests that there was some kind of rift between Matkovich and former
Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos.
Yesterday, Tweed Thornton and I had the opportunity to speak with Chicago Fire head coach Frank
Klopas. It was an excellent chance to ask some questions that we had been wondering about and had
been hearing from other Chicago Fire fans. It was also a chance to get to know the man who will be
starting his first full season as head coach in March.
Philadelphia Union have figured out the formula to the MLS amateur draft:
Be patient, wait for other teams to screw up, and draft the best player available. When in doubt
late, take a guy who played for Reading United.
The Union did it again this year, so let's talk about it with the proverbial Five Observations
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Former Portland Timbers stalwart defender Cameron Knowles has been hired by the his old club as an
assistant coach to replace Trevor James who left in December. Knowles joins the coaching staff lead
by head coach John Spencer and assistant coaches Mike Toshack and Minnesotan, Amos Magee . Knowles,
an Auckland, New Zealand native, attended [.
Greg Schiano has been taking on challenges his whole life, and where his recent task of rebuilding
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL is daunting, the former Rutgers University coach is up for the
task.
Stephen F. Holder of the Tampa Bay Times writes of the man who continues to rise to the occasion.
