OT: Unconfirmed Reports Bradley Resigns as US Coach, Heading to Aston Villa?
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/08/13/bob-bradley-resigns-as-u-s-h…
It looks like Bradley is about to get the Aston Villa job. Who's next for the USMNT? Klinsmann?
There's also some speculation in the article about a possible Landon Donovan transfer.
EDIT: As noted by Speakeasy below, this is not a done deal. Both Bradley and his agent have denied the report.
August 13th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^
Is it really resigning if you're contract is about to expire and they won't offer you a new one?
August 13th, 2010 at 10:49 AM ^
I agree, essentially his resignation was a formality.
I suppose he can't actually take another job without first resigning from his current one though. I thought his current contract went until the end of the year.
August 13th, 2010 at 11:25 AM ^
According to the link in the OP, both US Soccer and Bradley's agent deny the reports and say discussions are ongoing.
August 13th, 2010 at 11:31 AM ^
I updated the OP. If the Big Lead's source wasn't Goal.com I would have waited before posting it at all. Of course, now that I think about it I don't know how credible Goal.com is either, I thought they were solid though.
August 13th, 2010 at 11:32 AM ^
For American soccer if he gets the Villa job will be rooting hard for it. Also like that he resigned he did a good job and deserves more than getting fired but no way he can stay on antoher 4 years.
August 13th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
Bradley did a decent job, but his lineups in the last two games of the World Cup seemed questionable at best. They need a guy like Klinsmann to bring a world mentality to this national team. I think they will be a dangerous team if everyone stays healthy for 2014, but they need a manager that can work off that skill and who is a better tactician.
August 13th, 2010 at 12:26 PM ^
Klinsmann is from a different mentality, sure, but what's his track record exactly? He led an absolutely stacked host side to only a 3rd place WC finish and had one pretty crappy season at Bayern. It's worth noting that the German team without him did equally well on foreign soil at a WC finishing 3rd in South Africa with a banged up roster.
He certainly has more sex appeal than Bradley, but his coaching credentials are pretty meh.
August 13th, 2010 at 12:51 PM ^
August 13th, 2010 at 9:53 PM ^
Germany also made the final of the '02 WC. They've done everything possible short of winning a major title this decade.
August 13th, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
I agree with everything you said about Klinsmann. He has a real eye for talent, especially developmental aspects that are lacking in the US. Hopefully the things held up the signing process before are taken care of.
He has been living in Huntington Beach for some time now and was actually hired as technical director for LA Galaxy. He is more familiar with the "American" style than most people think.
August 13th, 2010 at 12:50 PM ^
Yeah his lineups were terrible, he left off Messi and Christiano Ronaldo from those last two games.
Seriously though, there is only so much a coach can do. We had no finishing from our forwards...
August 13th, 2010 at 12:18 PM ^
he has done a good job of keeping his team together and it's clear that his team respect Bradley. He does have limitations but he is still a solid coach.
USA need a world class striker(hopefully Davies can help supply that scoring punch, and Altidore continue to develop), a solid middle middies to go along with Bradley and some defenders(beside Gooch who has struggled due to time off of soccer IMO).
August 13th, 2010 at 12:54 PM ^
I'm sure the money-to-noise ratio will be much more favorable.
August 13th, 2010 at 1:11 PM ^
Steve Davis at SI has it from USSF that this report is not so much "unconfirmed" as false.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/08/13/bradley.ussf/index.h…
August 13th, 2010 at 11:35 PM ^
Don't follow soccer very closely, so I have to google these guys (well, I at least knew who Bradley was), but who are some of the other candidates aside from Klinsmann if Bradley does not return?