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Bradley to guide Nats through ’14
U.S. Soccer announced Monday that it has agreed to a contract extension with U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley.
The agreement with Bradley, who guided the U.S. team to numerous achievements including finishing in first place in their group at the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the first time in 80 years, will keep him at the helm through the end of 2014.
The 52-year-old Bradley has compiled a record of 38-21-8 in four years in charge of the U.S. team. After winning the 2007 Gold Cup, the regional championship of CONCACAF, he led the United States to their first final of a major FIFA tournament, reaching the championship match of the 2009 Confederations Cup after a 2-0 victory against No.-1 ranked and current World Cup champions Spain in the semifinal.
Prior to the team’s run in South Africa, Bradley marshaled the U.S. to a first place finish in CONCACAF qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup ahead of regional rivals Mexico.
Our Thoughts: Bradley has been a hardworking coach and has put determined, athletic teams on the field. It will be interesting to see what sort of talent he starts to bring into the fold to replace the warhorses of the past three World Cup campaigns.
But was he the best choice?
Jurgen Klinsmann again flirted with the job, and the German great would have increased the profile of the position. But could he have put a better team on the field now or in the next four years?
We’ll never know.
As a fan, I’m going to just have to hope that Bradley develops a squad that doesn’t give away early goals and can score from the forward line.
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