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It's been less than 24 hours since the team arrived in Panama City, and already there's been a lot
of activity.
The journey started at 6:45 a.m. MT in Phoenix and ended at 8 p.m. ET in Panama City. In between
there was a stop in Houston, where guys got their last American food for a couple days, got a few
extra bucks (Did you know the currency of Panama is the U.
STARTERSAfrican Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday. Who is going to meet me at Marina's in Northeast
Minneapolis to watch:
Senegal v Zambia at 3:00pm CT on Saturday - and - Cote d'Ivoire v Sudan at 10:00am CT on
Sunday.
dN
If the LA Galaxy is seriously pursuing Chelsea's Frank Lampard, as they say they are, then which of
their other 3 Designated Players is out the door?
Philadelphia Union
Sky Sports reports that Bolton manager Owen Coyle "claims no decision has been taken as yet
regarding a permanent deal" for Sebastien Le Toux.
Jonathan Tannenwald tweets, "A Union source says the team 'would not use Tim Ream as a
benchmark' in any negotiations over Le Toux regarding transfer fee.
Jurgen Klinsmann, Dawn Scott (WNT Fitness Coach), Pia Sundhage, Caleb Porter (U-23 MNT Head Coach),
Andreas Herzog, Martin Vasquez (MNT Assistant Coach), Eric Yamamoto (U-23 MNT Assistant
Coach)
Two World Cup veterans. Two players who scored bushels of goals for club
and country.
Jurgen Klinsmann, Dawn Scott (WNT Fitness Coach), Pia Sundhage, Caleb Porter (U-23 MNT Head
Coach), Andreas Herzog, Martin Vasquez (MNT Assistant Coach), Eric Yamamoto (U-23 MNT Assistant
Coach)
Two World Cup veterans. Two players who scored bushels of goals for club
and country.
As you have been reading, the team has been gathering every morning for a 30-minute run before
breafkast. When you add up players, coaches and staff, the number totals about 30 people running.
As a result, they have to be divided into two groups.
One of the groups Friday morning was led by Ivan Pierra, the head ATC for the National Team, and
the other by Andreas Herzog.
U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is closing in on adding another big piece
to the coaching staff, as U.S. Soccer has made contact with former Austrian international Andreas
Herzog after receiving permission from the Austrian Federation last week.
Herzog would be bring a wealth of playing and coaching experience, having earned 106 appearances
and scoring 24 goals for Austria, making him their most-capped player in history.
STARTERSThe rumor going around is that one USA opponent in the November international friendly week will be
France.
dN
South Africa coach Pitso Mosimane has committed one of the great blunders in modern football
history! The national team played their final game in African Cup of Nations qualifying last
Saturday thinking they only needed 1 point to qualify because they held a wide margin in the goal
differential tie breaker if 2 other potential teams won their games.
Photo by Thomas Eisenhuth/ISIphotos.com
By AVI CREDITOR
HARRISON, N.J. -- Jurgen Klinsmann's coaching staff is slowly starting to take form.
After Martin Vasquez became entrenched as Klinsmann's second-in-command, the U.S. national team
manager announced the addition of Chris Woods as the goalkeeper coach.
STARTERSLess than 7,000 tickets have been sold to the USA v Honduras game on Saturday night. Miami for MLS
right? Lets see what ya got!
dN
The LA Galaxy will lay claim to the Supporters Shield tonight if they are victorious in New
York.
US OPEN CUPThe 2011 Final is Tonight!
The Belgians have never lacked for individual talent and the present side have a number of names
that are already established international stars like Vincent Kompany, Maroaune Fellaini, and
Thomas Vermaelen.
Others like Eden Hazard, the winger strongly linked to Arsenal, Alex Witsel, Moussa Dembele,
Steven Defour, and Dries Mertens are stars in the making.
I wrote for SI.com this morning about Jurgen Klinsmann and his biggest challenge ahead:
identifying that final 10 percent, that little "something extra" from a talented young group that
still clearly needs some seasoning.
Anecdotally, we can all see that something is surely missing, that extra sliver of quality that
makes the difference at the highest level.
US manager Jurgen Klinsmann describes his relationship with assistant Martin Vasquez with Jeff
Carlisle of ESPN.com-
One area where Klinsmann has moved quickly is in naming Martin Vasquez as his No. 1 assistant
coach. The U.S. manager had previously indicated that he would audition guest assistants whenever
the team got together as a means of filling out the spots on his staff.
24 Players have been called in by USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann.
G:
Bill Hamid - DC United
Tim Howard - Everton
D:
Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers
Edgar Castillo - America
Timmy Chandler - Nürnberg
Steve Cherundolo - Hannover
Clarence Goodson - Brondby
Zach Loyd - Dallas
Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis
Heath Pearce - Chivas USA
Tim Ream - New York Red Bulls
M:
Kyle Beckerman - Real Salt Lake
Clint Dempsey - Fulham
Maurice Edu - Rangers
Fabian Johnson - Hoffenheim
Sacha Kljestan - Anderlecht
Jeff Larentowicz - Colorado Rapids
Robbie Rogers - Columbus Crew
Brek Shea - Dallas
Jose Torres - Pachuca
F:
Juan Agudelo - New York Red Bulls
Jozy Altidore - AZ
Teal Bunbury - Sporting Kansas City
Landon Donovan - Los Angeles Galaxy
Assistant Coaches:
Thomas Dooley
Tab Ramos
Martin Vasquez
Ian Feuer - Costa Rica
Chris Woods – Belgium
Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 19/06/2011, na cidade de Santiago-CHI, no Estadio
Monumental David Arellano, onde jogaram as seleções do Chile (13º no ranking da FIFA) e a
seleção da Estônia (75º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.
Mais um jogo da Copa Sul-Americana, foi realizado no dia 03/08/2011, na cidade de Assuncion-PAR,
onde jogaram os clubes Olimpia-PAR e The Strongest-BOL.
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Martin Vasquez-URU
Klinsmann & Vasquez: Back together again
My concern with Klinsmann is exactly the one lots of commentators have already cited he's not
really a tactician, and it was Jogi Löw who did all that heavy lifting with the German National
Team. And Martin Vasquez, who went from being an assistant at MLS's Chivas club to being
Klinsmann's assistant at Bayern (and came back for a short tenure as Chivas's head coach), isn't
really a tactician either but he seems to impress folks since he got the Youth Development Director
position with Real Salt Lake post-Chivas.
Since 2007, the U.S. Soccer Development Academy has strived to impact the Men's National Team –
never has the program's influence been more felt than the four-day camp leading into Wednesday's
match against rival Mexico. The Academy is represented both on the field, with two former players
participating in the camp, and on the sidelines, where Klinsmann's staff has a wealth of experience
at the elite youth level.
Since 2007, the U.S. Soccer Development Academy has strived to impact the Men's National Team
– never has the program's influence been more felt than the four-day camp leading into
Wednesday's match against rival Mexico. The Academy is represented both on the field, with two
former players participating in the camp, and on the sidelines, where Klinsmann's staff has a
wealth of experience at the elite youth level.
United States National Team coach Jurgen Klinsmann has already announced he won't be naming
full-time assistant coaches in the near future. Instead, he plans on inviting guest coaches over
the next few months. For the Mexico friendly, Klinsmann has named the following coaching staff
(bios courtesy of US Soccer Communications) Martin Vasquez Vasquez re-unites with Klinsmann after
serving as an assistant coach at Bayern Munich.
Even with the recent change in FIFA regulations regarding the change of associations, it's
exceedingly rare to find a player who has represented two different countries at the full
international level. And if those two different countries happen to be the greatest of rivals, you
are talking about long odds indeed.
On Saturday I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Ralph Perez from the University of
Redlands. I am very grateful to Coach Perez for giving up some of his valuable time to pass on his
advice and knowlege to our soccer coaching community here at www.soccercoachingblog.com.
The interview lasted over 30 mins and covered topics such as practice exercises, use of time and
space, use of video, advice for college recruits, and ideas for recreational, club and high school
coaches.
I hope everyone is having an excellent Friday despite the gloomy weather. I was under the
impression this was August, but I must be mistaken. Oh well, at least the Sounders lifted the gloom
a little bit with their 2-1 on aggregate over-time victory against San Fransisco. Sure, it wasn't
the prettiest of games, but a win is a win.
STARTERSThe NSC Minnesota Star will host Breast Cancer Awareness Night at their home game on Sat Aug 27 v
Montreal and will be wearing, auctioning & selling one-off pink Admiral kits. Please give them your
support.
dN
This will be the 20th season of the English Premier League.
Photo by Howard C. Smith/ISIphotos.com
Martin Vasquez and Tab Ramos have been named as two of five assistant coaches appointed by U.S.
men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann for the upcoming friendly against Mexico.
Thomas Dooley, Mike Curry and Mark Verstegen were the others chosen to be part of Klinsmann's
rotating pool of assistant coaches.
As new head coach Jurgen Klinsmann mentioned in his opening press conference, he is planning on
bringing in a variety of different coaches for the next few months before settling on his future
staff. Here's a brief intro to the first crew:
Martin Vasquez - Vasquez re-unites with Klinsmann after serving as an assistant coach at Bayern
Munich.
Sunil Gulati finally landed his man. It took nearly five years and multiple conversations before
Jurgen Klinsmann agreed to take the helm of US Soccer. What can we expect from the Klinsmann era?
To get a glimpse of what to expect all you need to do is look at what transpired in Germany after
Klinsmann took over the national team on July 26, 2004.
*David Beckham's affection for Manchester United won't allow him to play for Tottenham Hotspur
or any other EPL team once his MLS contract ends.
*Chivas USA fans are still waiting for the club to make any sort of movement in the transfer
market, but Saturday night's opponent in Carson, the Houston Dynamo, have been busy and could
showcase a new face at Home Depot Center.
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America reports on Tommy Soehn's return to the MLS coaching ranks.
He was hired with the big picture in mind, but now Tom Soehn goes back to the 24/7 headache of head
coaching in which any day could come disaster.
That's a pessimistic, even fatalistic, viewpoint of course, yet the haunted, tortured demeanor that
Soehn wore during his final months in charge of D.
Recently, I looked at every team from the past five years in my April 1 column on the subject. I've
since gone back and done it for every year and every team, though I'm still not 100% sure that I
got every single nationality change. At least those from American to foreign, and vice versa.
There's Arturo Alvarez, Jeff Cunningham, Taylor Graham, Pablo Mastroeni, and Preki.
With the 2011 MLS season around the corner, Michael Lewis writes about the lifespan of the Major
League Soccer coaches this year.
In less than two weeks, a new Major League Soccer season will be upon us. Which coaches will march
successfully to the finish line in 2011 and who will be the ones will get their marching orders?
On Saturday I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Ralph Perez from the University of
Redlands. I am very grateful to Coach Perez for giving up some of his valuable time to pass on his
advice and knowlege to our soccer coaching community here at www.soccercoachingblog.com.
The interview lasted over 30 mins and covered topics such as practice exercises, use of time and
space, use of video, advice for college recruits, and ideas for recreational, club and high school
coaches.
Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America writes of the task at hand for new MLS coaches-
Asking which of the new coaches hired by MLS teams in the past few months will get off to the
quickest start or last the longest really aren't the most pertinent questions regarding the futures
of Robin Fraser, Aron Winter and Ben Olsen.
*In what is largely a cosmetic move from a title standpoint, Chivas USA has named Nick Theslof
technical director.
Theslof joined the Chivas USA coaching staff when Martin Vasquez became head coach last year
after both had served on Jürgen Klinsmann's staff at Bayern Munich.
From the Chivas USA press release:
In his first season at Chivas USA, Theslof worked with the first team in scouting and
performance evaluation, as well as coaching skills and technique, and will continue those roles in
2011 while also adding oversight and evaluation of player development, especially at the youth
level.
BY ADAM SERRANO
It's a new era at Chivas USA and its fans hope that it will lead to a new mindset and greater
success.
New Head Coach Robin Fraser has taken over for the Rojiblancos replacing Martin Vasquez, who was
removed after a disappointing season that saw Chivas USA finish dead last in the Western
Conference.
Aaron WInter ... recently hired to guide Toronto FC
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If you follow the other football, you know about the Rooney Rule.
BY ADAM SERRANO
Robin Fraser is putting his stamp on Chivas USA.
The Los Angeles based club began their preseason preparations today and change was in the air
for the club on their first day of practice. Fraser announced that the Cuban forward Maykel
Galindo, Costa Rican defender Dario Delgado and Mexican winger Rodolfo Espinoza were not continuing
with the club.
Daniel Gonzalez, the former Middleton-Yahara Soccer Club coaching director, was
retained as goalkeeper coach for Major League Soccer's Chivas USA.
Martin Vasquez, who hired Gonzalez last January, was fired by the club in
October after one season. The team finished last in the Western Conference last season with an
8-18-4 record.
Photo by Bill
Barrett/ISIphotos.com
BY ADAM SERRANO
The long head coaching search has come to an end for Chivas USA.
The Rojiblancos appointed former Real Salt Lake assistant Robin Fraser as the club's latest head
coach.
Chivas USA will announce Robin Fraser as its new head coach on Tuesday, according to the
Salt
Lake Tribune and
ESPN Deportes. The 44-year-old has spent the last four years as an
assistant with Real Salt Lake, where he has helped Jason Kreis build one of the more dominant sides
in Major League Soccer.
