The US males’s nationwide soccer group will enter a brand new period this yr on the street to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and there appears to be a large seek for the following supervisor.
Gregg Berhalter was fired after the USMNT’s catastrophe run within the 2024 Copa América the place it didn’t make it out of the group stage. The US Soccer Federation is predicted to rent his alternative as quickly as this fall in order that this system has the time it must rebuild and put together for the World Cup on residence soil.
The federation reportedly contacted former Liverpool supervisor Jürgen Klopp, who declined. Klopp opted to stay retired and spend time away from the game.
Michele Giannone of TUDN on Thursday reported Steve Cherundolo, Wilfried Nancy and Patrick Vieira are among the many prime contenders to be the following USMNT supervisor. The U.S. soccer and MLS sideline reporter added Vieira was in negotiations with USSF following his dismissal from Ligue 1 facet Strasbourg.
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Cherundolo and Nancy are among the many finest coaches in MLS main LAFC and Columbus Crew, respectively, to the highest half of the standings. Nevertheless, it appears Vieira is the extra possible alternative as a result of FOX Sports activities’ Doug McIntyre reported Thursday that U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker is enthusiastic about the “most achieved worldwide supervisor attainable.”
This marks a change in opposition to typical knowledge since no overseas coach has ever gained the lads’s or ladies’s World Cup for his or her respective nation. It’s why Berhalter was employed after Jürgen Klinsmann failed in his second cycle as USMNT coach and why Jesse Marsch was a finalist earlier than Berhalter was rehired final yr.
Vieira was strong in his first managerial job with New York Metropolis FC (2016-2018). However he struggled to seek out his footing in his two stints in Ligue 1 with Good and Strasbourg. And his run with Crystal Palace was not properly revered.
McIntyre’s report doesn’t imply Vieira is the person for the job for U.S. Soccer. Hervé Renard has been a well-liked identify floated round attributable to his in depth worldwide teaching expertise having gained two Africa Cup of Nations and three CAF Coach of the Yr awards. Renard is managing the French ladies’s group within the Olympics, and he’ll be a reputation to look at if Les Bleues has a profitable run within the Summer season Video games in Paris.
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Mauricio Pochettino additionally has been a floated contender. The 52-year-old doesn’t have expertise on the worldwide degree, however he’s coached top-flight golf equipment like Tottenham, PSG and Chelsea to various levels of success.
There possible shall be many different names floated for a job that may include heavy expectations following years of lackluster outcomes.
