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Red Bulls Closing In on New Coach
By Jack Bell
Tags: MLS, red bulls
Nothing is set, but the Red Bulls moved a step closer to hiring a new coach when Juan Carlos Osorio, the favored replacement for Bruce Arena, resigned as coach of the Chicago Fire.
Only two weeks ago, the Fire were considering filing tampering charges with Major League Soccer after the Red Bulls’ managing director, Marc de Grandpre, said the club would be interested in hiring Osorio. A native of Colombia who has coached in M.L.S. and the English Premier League, Osorio took over in Chicago last summer and led the Fire to the Eastern Conference final.
Several weeks ago, Chicago General Manager John Guppy, in a telephone interview, said that Osorio had signed a long-term contract with the club and would be going no where. Monday, however, Guppy told The Associated Press that “despite the Fire’s best efforts to keep Juan in Chicago, he determined that he needed to leave Chicago for family and personal reasons.” It is believed that Osorio’s wife did not like living in the Chicago area.
Red Bulls officials could not be reached for comment, although Andy McGowan, a team spokesman, earlier said that the Red Bulls had been granted permission to speak with Osorio.
Red Bulls officials have said they would spare no expense and agree to any reasonable compensation (cash and probably draft choices) to entice Osorio back to New Jersey, where he was an assistant with the MetroStars in 2001.
[Update: Tuesday morning, the N.Y. Daily News reported this on its Web site.]
Osorio talked to The New York Times last month and a transcript of that conversation is available here on Goal.
Before taking the job with the Fire, Osorio was an assistant coach with Manchester City in England. He would become the 11th coach in the 12-year history of the club and the fifth
By Jack Bell
Tags: MLS, red bulls
Nothing is set, but the Red Bulls moved a step closer to hiring a new coach when Juan Carlos Osorio, the favored replacement for Bruce Arena, resigned as coach of the Chicago Fire.
Only two weeks ago, the Fire were considering filing tampering charges with Major League Soccer after the Red Bulls’ managing director, Marc de Grandpre, said the club would be interested in hiring Osorio. A native of Colombia who has coached in M.L.S. and the English Premier League, Osorio took over in Chicago last summer and led the Fire to the Eastern Conference final.
Several weeks ago, Chicago General Manager John Guppy, in a telephone interview, said that Osorio had signed a long-term contract with the club and would be going no where. Monday, however, Guppy told The Associated Press that “despite the Fire’s best efforts to keep Juan in Chicago, he determined that he needed to leave Chicago for family and personal reasons.” It is believed that Osorio’s wife did not like living in the Chicago area.
Red Bulls officials could not be reached for comment, although Andy McGowan, a team spokesman, earlier said that the Red Bulls had been granted permission to speak with Osorio.
Red Bulls officials have said they would spare no expense and agree to any reasonable compensation (cash and probably draft choices) to entice Osorio back to New Jersey, where he was an assistant with the MetroStars in 2001.
[Update: Tuesday morning, the N.Y. Daily News reported this on its Web site.]
Osorio talked to The New York Times last month and a transcript of that conversation is available here on Goal.
Before taking the job with the Fire, Osorio was an assistant coach with Manchester City in England. He would become the 11th coach in the 12-year history of the club and the fifth
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