I'm typing this post from the rear seat of a town car on my way to the airport for MLS Cup madness
2009*. So while float over the country and plot my assault on Jet City may I suggest you listen to
RSL skipper Jason Kreis talk coach stuff. Then later when my feet are back on the ground we can
talk punk rock stuff.
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Hmmm. Following on from last week's third-party questioning of Preki comes this bit from a "very
well connected fan of Chivas USA." (hat tip to duNord)... He really was a limited coach. He never
bridged a link to Guadalajara. He didn't care to add...
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A week's worth of anonymous internet polling have left us here, with two candidates remaining in
the Next Coach Cup. Both have had relatively smooth paths to the final, though you've got to wonder
if the combination of ABMOD and Benny's fragile...
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The quarterfinals are in the books. Twenty-eight candidates have been eliminated, leaving us with
just four survivors to compete for the prestigious DC United Next Coach Cup. Let's not pull an FO
dithering and hemming-and-hawing extravaganza, shall...
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Anybody else read Loney's description of Preki... "But he can't run an offense, can't start the
right forwards, can't put in the right forwards, can't find the right forwards, can't keep a roster
consistent, can't keep his players healthy, and only...
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The Round of 16 is in the books, and more highly-regarded names have fallen by the wayside. I'll
weave in the recap of the last round as we set the stage for the next. Voting for the quarterfinal
round ends Wednesday night, so get your votes in now,...
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The group stage is now in the books, with a few notable names getting tripped up at the first
hurdle as the field narrowed from 32 to 16. Now things start to get really interesting as we move
to the single elimination phase of our program. While my...
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Time to kick off the DC United Next Coach Cup with the group stages. In true, bloated, FIFA
money-grubbing fashion, we're going straight for the 32-name jugular. Some of these are serious
candidates, others are waaaaaay out of left field or half in...
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Okay, rather than that staid old, winner-take-all "next coach" poll that the Goffster is running,
I'm going to run a tournament-poll competition in honor of our beloved MLS Cup playoffs. So take a
look at the names that Goff has listed and toss out...
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It was beginning to look like, given the hemming and the hawing, the insults to league and to fans,
followed by furious backpedalling, that Kevin Payne was going to drop the ball and hand Tommy the
keys to season #4. But then a curious thing...
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Former DC United Coach Tom Soehn
Earlier this morning came the news that DC United coach Tom Soehn would not seek to extend his
current contract with the team. Set to expire at the end of this year, Soehn will instead leave the
club he has been a part of for the past six seasons – three years as an assistant and three as
the head coach.
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According to Behind The Badge, D.C. United coach Tom Soehn "has removed his name from consideration
for the club's head coaching position". The short-shorts enthusiast joins TFC's Chris Cummins as
the first occupants of the 2009 off-season coaching carousel; perhaps if they sit close enough
together they can share some reading materials amongst one another.
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Former Toronto FC coach, Chris Cummins
With the not too surprising news this morning that Chris Cummins is out as coach of Toronto FC,
let's look at the rest of the coaching candidates for dismissal in MLS. Starting from the team with
the worst record in the league, the New York Red Bulls, and working our way up the table, these men
should be feeling the pressure from team owners for failing to qualify for the postseason.
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The DCenters 16 September @ 09:42 AM EST
I watched the DCU @ SJJ match last night and said to my wife, "These guys are professional soccer
players. You would think that they wouldn't need to be reminded that in order to score, you need to
shoot." But I find myself screaming at the TV (or at the players, when I venture to RFK) "SHOOT
IT!" "SHOOT THE BALL!
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The English Premier League is one of the most popular football leagues in the world for many
reasons, especially its coaching soap opera. No other league has managed to turn coaching vendettas
and spats into a complex, highly entertaining mix of both low and high art in the manner that the
EPL has achieved.
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Didn't loyalty used to go a long way? I know, not with players who immediately leave clubs when
they smell two Euros more at another one. Okay, there a few exceptions of course, Lukas Podolski
for instance who returns to his love FC Cologne or Robert Enke who does not want to transferred
away from Hannover but should and therefore has to.
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Didn't loyalty used to go a long way? I know, not with players who immediately leave clubs when
they smell two Euros more at another one. Okay, there a few exceptions of course, Lukas Podolski
for instance who returns to his love FC Cologne or Robert Enke who does not want to transferred
away from Hannover but should and therefore has to.
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Didn't loyalty used to go a long way? I know, not with players who immediately leave clubs when
they smell two Euros more at another one. Okay, there a few exceptions of course, Lukas Podolski
for instance who returns to his love FC Cologne or Robert Enke who does not want to transferred
away from Hannover but should and therefore has to.
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Didn't loyalty used to go a long way? I know, not with players who immediately leave clubs when
they smell two Euros more at another one. Okay, there a few exceptions of course, Lukas Podolski
for instance who returns to his love FC Cologne or Robert Enke who does not want to transferred
away from Hannover but should and therefore has to.
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Big and surprising news this morning as Cologne FC Coach Christoph Daum unexpectedly canceled
his contract to return to his second home Istanbul to coach the local club Fenerbahce. I can't help
it but this got an awkward smack of breach of trust. After a soap-opera kinda like office taking
three years ago with press conferences held in hospitals, a lot of seesaws with quotes like
‘there are no pros and cons when it comes to love' (great conclusion, though) and joyful elations
in Cologne, the lost son leaves the city once again to return to his other love, Turkey.
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Big and surprising news this morning as Cologne FC Coach Christoph Daum unexpectedly canceled
his contract to return to his second home Istanbul to coach the local club Fenerbahce. I can't help
it but this got an awkward smack of breach of trust. After a soap-opera kinda like office taking
three years ago with press conferences held in hospitals, a lot of seesaws with quotes like
‘there are no pros and cons when it comes to love' (great conclusion, though) and joyful elations
in Cologne, the lost son leaves the city once again to return to his other love, Turkey.
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Big and surprising news this morning as Cologne FC Coach Christoph Daum unexpectedly canceled
his contract to return to his second home Istanbul to coach the local club Fenerbahce. I can't help
it but this got an awkward smack of breach of trust. After a soap-opera kinda like office taking
three years ago with press conferences held in hospitals, a lot of seesaws with quotes like
‘there are no pros and cons when it comes to love' (great conclusion, though) and joyful elations
in Cologne, the lost son leaves the city once again to return to his other love, Turkey.
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out there in Soccersville, I too was perplexed at RBNY coach Juan Carlos Osorio's decision to
insist on starting Juan Pietravallo.
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I've remained mum on the whole Becks-A.C. Milan thing for far too long. After seeing this clip of
Fabio Capello (courtesy of Dave The Hedgehog) being treated to a lap dance on a talk show I think
he should stay; if this is they way they treat managers, God knows what kind of debauched
delicacies await Becks when he visits the Vinny Vedecci show.
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So yeah. FieldTurf handed out their Soccer Coach and Team of the Year Awards for2008 today. At
first I was just like "Huh?!" that such a thing existed at all because a turf company
giving teams awards is like lung cancer victims receiving medals from a tobacco company for
managing to survive.
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There's some talk emanating out of Poland that suggests that Peter Nowak will take over from Leo
Beenhakker the coaching job of their national team following the 2010 World Cup. Whether or not
this is in any way true I have no idea, so please don't shoot the messenger. However if it is true
it sounds like a pretty good move for him; I mean, to go from assistant/U-20's coach to head coach
of a middle of the pack European side at the beginning of the next qualifying cycle isn't too
shabby at all.
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