Bradley handed U.S. coaching job

[Zeppo]

Bradley handed U.S. coaching job

Bob Bradley was named the permanent coach of the United States soccer team Wednesday after five months as interim boss.

The 49-year-old Bradley was handed the job on a temporary basis in December after former coach Bruce Arena stood down following the 2006 World Cup finals.

"I'm proud, excited and honoured to be named coach of the US national team," Bradley told a news conference.

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[HL]

I expected no less.
Bradley's interim performance at the international level clearly showed he has the ability.

His job at MetroStars was hampered by lack of good players through silly trading of good players by management. The rest of Bob Bradley's resume is outstanding!!

SIDEBAR:

A smart JFF administration could have hired Bradley for much less than what they invested in Bora. Steve Sampson is another good investment for Jamaica--but name-brand coach a karry-de-swing.

[Assasin]

so what of Colin Todd?

Mi think he had the Jamaican job locked.

[Zeppo]

The unbearable wait
Why did U.S. soccer take so long to name Bradley?

One hundred and sixty days.

That's how long it has been since U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati hung the "interim" albatross around the neck of Bob Bradley, a man who deserved better.

And so we have 160 reasons to believe that Bradley wasn't even Gulati's second choice (or his third? his fourth?) to become the new U.S. men's national team coach. One hundred and sixty reasons to doubt that Bradley will ever have the full support of his boss -- the one thing he really needs from him to succeed -- after finally shedding the "interim" tag on Wednesday, 160 days too late.

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[HL]

De way i seeet Assasin; is that that $1 million Bora deal is excessive. A waste of money.

A much less expensive coach (like the two i mentioned above could easily do the job) as Bora. Recall, Carl Brown was well on his way to qualify Jamaica for the WC--when the Jamaican football pundits bring in LAZA(rus).

Hope all is well with you and family. My secretary sends hi to Jen. Will give you a call shortly.

[Assasin]

everything ok brethren.

If Bora job is just to qualify the big team then them better start mix the money wid some copper .

[Zeppo]

Bradley lays out his vision for World Cup

U.S. soccer gives former Chivas USA coach the job through 2010. He recalls the 1980 Winter Olympics as an example for his squad.

Looking ahead to the 2010 World Cup, Bob Bradley told American soccer players about the 1980 team -- the U.S. Olympic hockey team.

"Unless you were a true hockey aficionado, no one knew any of those players' names before the Olympics. But after the team had success, everybody knew all their names," he said. "We must become a real team. We must value the time when we're together. We must get to know each other. We must challenge each other. We must step on the field and play collectively with belief in what we're trying to do."

Five months after he became interim coach of the U.S. national team, Bradley was given a contract Wednesday through December 2010. Now comes the tough part: qualifying the United States for the 2010 World Cup and leading the Americans to success in South Africa.

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[Zeppo]

New U.S. coach deserved better

Almost one year ago, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati promised that Bruce Arena's replacement would be a coach of international caliber and cachet, with the aim of taking the American men's national team to the next level.

Instead, Gulati handed interim coach Bob Bradley the official position on May 16.

The move caps a lost year for American soccer. It is an indictment of how badly damaged the infrastructure of the American national teams system truly is. And it has to be a bittersweet day for Bradley himself, a good man who never deserved to be treated as he was for five months: as a place-holder, and as second-best.

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