Looks like US Soccer is still going after Klinsmann as coach - i know speculation has been around for awhile, and apparently it's still in the 'informal discussion' stage, but hopefully talks will pick up

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"Former German national team coach Juergen Klinsmann is engaged in informal talks with the U.S. Soccer Federation that could lead to him taking over as coach of the American national team. Klinsmann, who coached his native Germany to a surprising berth in the World Cup semifinals this summer, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Thursday that he's been speaking with USSF president Sunil Gulati. "We've had a couple of conversations. I'm evaluating everything that comes up," Klinsmann said. "I'll stay in touch with Sunil and see what it leads to. It's a very casual and relaxed correspondence." Klinsmann resigned as Germany's coach three days after the tournament, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. He lives in suburban Los Angeles with his American-born wife and is regarded by many as the favorite to replace Bruce Arena, who was told by Gulati in mid-July that his contract would not be renewed. "Sooner or later, I have to get back into coaching," Klinsmann said. Gulati, who has refused to comment on his talks with any potential replacement, repeated Thursday that he hopes to have a new coach in place by the end of the year. Klinsmann is a close friend of Arena's and attended some U.S. team practices when the players worked out in California. He said there isn't any timetable on his talks with Gulati. "Obviously, those are discussions that will continue, and we'll see where they lead," he said. In announcing Arena's departure, Gulati said his successor should have "some knowledge of American soccer, experience, leadership, a track record of success." "Does Juergen Klinsmann have those qualities? He probably does," Gulati said then. "He's had success with the German team; he has a much better handle on the American soccer scene than someone who hasn't spent time here; he's inquisitive. He's an intelligent guy, multilingual with a lot of very positive qualities." The 42-year-old Klinsmann's stint in charge of Germany opened him up to considerable criticism for his decision to commute from California. But those complaints dissipated as the World Cup host advanced to the semifinals before losing to Italy, the eventual champion. "I've lived in this country for eight years now, so I've followed soccer development in the United States," he said. "It's definitely a very different situation in this country. Obviously, the approach here in the U.S. would be a totally different one. The player-development aspect is a huge aspect." After advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals in 2002, its best showing since the initial tournament in 1930, the United States was knocked out in the first round this year. Playing in the most difficult of the eight groups, the Americans lost to the Czech Republic 3-0, tied Italy 1-1 and lost to Ghana 2-1. Klinsmann was a star forward for Germany, playing in the 1990, 1994 and 1998 World Cups and scoring 11 goals, tied for fifth in the history of the tournament. He was a member of Germany's 1990 World Cup and 1996 European Championship teams, and he scored 47 goals in 108 international appearances. At the club level, he played for Stuttgarter Kickers, VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich in Germany, Internazionale of Milan and Sampdoria in Italy, AS Monaco in France and Tottenham Hotspur in England."

pretty exciting stuff

just an espn story, but http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=387850&cc=5901

[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 8:48 AM. Reason : ]

10/27/2006 8:27:47 AM

link?

10/27/2006 8:40:09 AM

The short list I've seen elsewhere is it is down to 5 guys:

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"Sunil Gulati, the president of U.S. Soccer, and Dan Flynn, the federation's secretary general, have played the selection process remarkably close to the vest, with neither so much hinting at the identity of their "four or five" finalists. Germany's Jurgen Klinsmann, the clear front-runner should he want the position, has been similarly silent. Argentina's Jose Pekerman is believed to want a club job in Spain rather than a national team post in the U.S. So far, no flags have been raised in England regarding the possible departure of Portugal's Carlos Queirós from his assistant coach position at Manchester United. Within MLS, Chivas USA's Bob Bradley remains tight-lipped, the Columbus Crew's Sigi Schmid and the Chicago Fire's Dave Sarachan remain hopeful, and DC United's Peter Nowak remains focused on the playoffs. As a result, until Gulati makes his choice known — something he is unlikely to do before the MLS championship game on Nov. 12 — there is a lot of speculation and not much more. Chances are, if a foreign coach is selected, the news will break in Germany, Argentina or England long before it breaks in the U.S., where managing the news is seen as more important than actually making it."

CONCACAF could be fun in the coming future coaching-wise:

Klinsmann for USA?
Hugo Sanchez for Mexico?
Bora Milutinovic (USA coach in 1994) for Jamaica
Diego Maradona for Honduras? http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6107262

Maradona would be best for a USA fan's standpoint (in terms of taunting).


[Edited on October 27, 2006 at 8:45 AM. Reason : /]

10/27/2006 8:44:09 AM

bring back my us soccer thread from months ago

10/27/2006 11:19:06 AM

i searched man, the awesomeness that is the wolfweb search engine yielded no results

10/27/2006 12:31:53 PM

hooray futball!!

10/27/2006 12:45:08 PM

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6120114

Apparently Klinsmann is very connected to Adidas and that has thrown a wrench into discussions of becoming U.S. head coach, cause the U.S. is very heavily Nike.

Also, we're competing in the Copa America in Venezuela next summer.

10/31/2006 9:17:06 AM

rossi please play for usa

[Edited on November 1, 2006 at 2:20 AM. Reason : ]

11/1/2006 2:19:40 AM

^well, somehow i doubt he plays for the azure so you never know

11/1/2006 3:03:27 AM

I thought he wa already playing for their U19s?



Chances are, Rossi will NEVER play for the US, and I don't blame him one bit.

11/1/2006 8:20:10 AM

Woo, Copa America!

Even if we get slaughtered, it's a good thing.

11/1/2006 9:47:41 AM

wynalda and arena are the commentators today for the mls semifinal game at 4pm on espn2...should be funny to put them in the same booth with eachother...

11/5/2006 2:49:22 PM

bttt cause im tired of seeing chuck and now for no reason at all herb up here

anyone know of any new/updated news on the coaching situation for U.S.?

11/22/2006 12:04:27 AM

On if U.S. Soccer is having discussions with Juergen Klinsmann:

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"I’m not going to sit here and deny that we’ve talked to Juergen Klinsmann since he told both AP and The (New York) Times that he has had some informal conversations. I am not going to deny that. I’ve said before, Juergen brings some very positive qualities to the possibility of coaching the national team. He had also indicated a desire to take some time off, and has said that he has now taken some time off and would be open to having a discussion. We have not made any decision about who will be coaching our national team, we certainly have not made any offers to anyone to coach our national team, and we certainly have not made the offers along the lines that have been mentioned in various publications. That is as clear as I can be on it. Further, I said a couple or three weeks ago is still the case. We are being very respectful of two or three different things, one of which is that most of the people we are talking to are coaching teams currently. Some of that is changing as the MLS playoffs wind down, but at least in a couple of cases internationally we are talking to people that are involved in coaching and it is a process that for a lot of different reasons needs to remain private. We aren’t prepared to say who those candidates are. We haven’t made any decisions yet. I am still very hopeful and expect that we will announce a coach in November. It will not be in the first half of November, it was never the intention to do it in the first half of November because of MLS Cup. The following week is Thanksgiving, so if it falls into the first week of December I am not going to lose any sleep but it’s our intention still to make that announcement in November."

and

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"The number of people that I would say we have formally talked to is 13. I think in all of those 13 meetings there have been three people, in one or two cases the candidate had someone else with them, but Dan Flynn and I have met with all 13."

from ussoccer.com

11/22/2006 12:20:42 AM

ive heard some rumors about peckerman as coach recently

11/22/2006 12:21:46 AM

HIRE JOSE MOURINHO

11/22/2006 12:24:41 AM

would there honestly be a shot in blazes of him leaving Chelsea?

11/22/2006 12:26:57 AM

peckerman was argentina's coach, correct? im not sure what hed be able to bring us...i just think Klinsmann would be a perfect fit, he showed he could work well with the German team that wasnt expected to do so great, he lives right where the US would do most of its training, and he would have a job where the pressure for success is not nearly as high as any european country he would have to deal with is

11/22/2006 12:56:47 AM

^ Eh, Klinsmann strikes me as a one-hit wonder. Think about what he did. He took a traditional power that was hosting and got them 3rd. I think he's also fallen in love with his ego that he was the sole one responsible for Germany's success, and as Bruce Arena recently showed, just cause you exceeded expectations in one tournament does not mean you are a tactical genius.

I'll be fine either way between Pekerman and Klinsmann.

The head of the USSF Sunil Gulati said the announcement will be made at the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup in Los Angeles this coming Sunday.

[Edited on November 22, 2006 at 8:49 AM. Reason : /]

11/22/2006 8:48:01 AM

Beckham 2 America!!

11/22/2006 9:01:41 AM

doesnt klinnsman live in LA? put 2 and 2 together...haha

11/22/2006 9:34:12 AM

Pekerman won three U20 world titles for Argentina before becoming 'general manager' of the country's national teams - he eventually became coach after the last Olympics i think

^^ Beckham is looking like a real possibility to MLS after the league's recently passed salary cap rule to accommodate signing superstars, i.e. bring more notoriety to the league... plus he knows he'd automatically become the new coverchild for People Magazine as soon as he steps off the plane in New York

11/22/2006 9:50:46 AM

hooray futball!!

11/22/2006 9:51:59 AM

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"^^ Beckham is looking like a real possibility to MLS after the league's recently passed salary cap rule to accommodate signing superstars, i.e. bring more notoriety to the league... plus he knows he'd automatically become the new coverchild for People Magazine as soon as he steps off the plane in New York"

If he came, he'd go to the L.A. Galaxy, not New York.

11/22/2006 10:13:08 AM

^ where did you see that? Everywhere I've heard, it said either.

Back to Klinsmann...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=394596&root=us&cc=5901

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"Perhaps the first real piece of evidence that Klinsmann is indeed the man came when U.S. Soccer announced that its first match of the 2007 season would be against Denmark. Considering this is a year when the U.S. national team is set to play in two major tournaments dominated by Latin American countries, why would the United States play a European squad? If Pekerman were actually the choice, don't you think he would have called on his ties in South America to line up a friendly that might help the U.S. player pool for this summer's steady diet of Latin opponents? Then you have Denmark coach Morten Olsen, who has strong ties to Germany, having played and coached there. In fact, he played for FC Koln around the same time Klinsmann played at Stuttgart and the two also faced off for their respective national teams. Olsen was also regarded as a favorite to land the Germany job before Klinsmann was hired. Would it be too much of a stretch to expect a new coach (Klinsmann) to ask a long-time colleague (Olsen) who happens to coach a tough national team if he would be the first opponent for his new team? This sort of speculation is what we have been left to practice because a five-month wait for news is enough to drive anyone crazy. "

12/5/2006 3:28:57 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16057043/

Says Klinsmann is going to be announced as coach in next 2 weeks

12/5/2006 3:34:09 PM

I hope its true

but tommy smyth just said that was false during commentary of the champions league game.

12/5/2006 3:41:07 PM

Yeah, I heard that... I just thought this might be different. Recently updated, I think it was posted only an hour and a half ago and it seems like more than a rumor.

12/5/2006 3:46:55 PM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=394971&cc=5901

this fucking sucks, i really wanted him. looks like it's Pekermans job now

12/7/2006 2:59:22 PM

ahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaahahahahahahahha



YOU GOT FOWLER'D

12/7/2006 5:33:59 PM

im suprised myself, but no big deal, klinsmann would have hated coaching us, we dont have enough talent right now

12/7/2006 5:36:11 PM

Chivas USA coach Bob Bradley is your new interim head coach, just popped up on ESPN



http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=394983&cc=5901




Pekerman or Houllier would've been a home run. Instead?





FOWLER'D





[Edited on December 7, 2006 at 5:46 PM. Reason : ahahaha this shit is too funny]

12/7/2006 5:43:10 PM

yea i was just about to post this as well, it seems like a step down from Arena, but oh well, soccer is just never gonna thrive here in the states...

12/7/2006 5:49:55 PM

Sunil "Lee Fowler" Gulati

12/7/2006 5:54:30 PM

i never thought arena would be fired, they made a big mistake

12/7/2006 5:57:08 PM

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"On December 7th 2006 Sunil Gulati became known as the "Miserable failure who lost Jurgen Klinsman as US National Coach." Gulati shortly resigned as US Soccer president out of the shame he brought to his family, and the Indian race. Critics opposed to his becoming US Soccer president questioned why a person of Indian descent would be named the head of any sporting organization due to the fact India has never won an Olympic medal since the Olympics started in 776 BCE. "

immediately posted on wikipedia after the klinsmann thing got out...hahha

12/7/2006 5:57:53 PM

just interim, not a big deal

12/7/2006 6:08:32 PM

Klinsmann is overrated. He coached a traditional power THAT WAS HOSTING to the semi. Steve Sampson could've done that.

12/7/2006 7:30:12 PM

^ haha whoa, lets not get ahead of ourselves.

12/7/2006 7:32:57 PM

^ I'm just saying he's not anymore a savior that some in the soccer media portray him to be for the U.S. than Berti Vogts was for Scotland.

[Edited on December 7, 2006 at 7:39 PM. Reason : /]

12/7/2006 7:38:54 PM

haha I was referring to the Steve Sampson part

12/7/2006 9:05:26 PM

but he would have been great for PR, and getting people to the mls
all we need is one huge name to sign in the mls and the ruinning of soccer will begin

12/7/2006 9:11:04 PM

the Chivas USA coach will coach the US National team...credible sources say

12/7/2006 9:27:12 PM

Jim Rome is the happiest person in America upon that announcement

12/8/2006 6:24:55 PM