New US Men's Coach

Still In The Works ESPN's columnist Ives Galacrep takes a look at the coaching situation for the US Men's National Team. As you probably know, the US Mens' Team does not have head coach right now. After 8 years in charge, Bruce Arena has moved on to being the head coach and sporting director of the New York Red Bulls. USSF's Sunil Gulati is looking at new candidates. He's brought in a few bigs names such as Argentina's Pickerman and the (in)famous Sven Goran Erickson. Ives says the best 3 canidates for the job are already in the United State. Jurgen Klinnsman lives in southern California. He didn't have any head coaching experience before taking the job to coach his native Germany. He lead them to the semi-finals in the World Cup this summer. Bob Bradley The other 2 Ives mentions, and they've been mentioned as canidates by others, are both coaches in the MLS. Bob Bradley coaches Chivas USA. He had a lot of success in his early years with the Chicago Fire. His tenure at the NY/NJ Metrostars (now known as New York Red Bulls) was so-so. But he's turned last years league doormat Chivas USA into a team that very well could finish in 2nd place. His star has some shine again thanks to that. Peter Nowak Peter Nowak has taken a DC United team that was destroyed by Thomas Rongen back into a the dynasty that DC fans seem to feel is their clubs rigthful place in the universe. The team is on the verge of winning the Supporters Shield (best team in the league's regular season) and the pundit's favorite to win the MLS Cup this year. Ives brings up an intersting question about Nowak. How well would he do without Tom Soehn? We'll probably know the answer to that soon. As I've mentioned before, there are a few MLS coaches that are likely be let go this summer. Soehn will surely land one of those if he wants to make the move. He's been a canidate before and is the most well regarded assistant coach in the MLS.