Nine months after coaching Germany at the World Cup, California resident Juergen Klinsmann is going back to work – as commentator and analyst for German pay-TV station Arena. Klinsmann, whose two-year agreement will allow him to take a coaching job, told Spiegel, “I definitely want to return to coaching, but if that’s in the short-term […]
Author Archives: Mike Woitalla
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5. SONNY GUADARRAMA: Mexico or the USA?
Interview by Mike Woitalla Executive Editor Sonny Guadarrama is a 20-year-old midfielder who was born and raised in Texas and played at Campbell University in 2005 before turning pro with Santos Laguna of the Mexican First Division. He has dual U.S./Mexican citizenship and shortly after signing with Santos was called up by Mexico’s U-20 national […]
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Youth Beat: The African Connection
The increase in immigration from Africa has created a burgeoning source of talent for the U.S. youth national team program. About two million people fled Sierra Leone during the decade-long civil war that resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and destroyed two-thirds of the nation's infrastructure. One of the refugees was an 11-year-old boy […]
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Where Are America’s Black Coaches?
Leaders of the NSCAA Black Soccer Coaches Committee hail the increase of black players in mainstream American soccer — but now await an increase in opportunities for black coaches. Hylton Dayes, the chairman of the BSCC, is the head coach of the University of Cincinnati and a Region II ODP coach. ''I got here in […]
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Marketing Soccer Is Getting Easier
MLS marketing and public relations vet Dan Courtemanche predicts a stellar 2007 season. Had Dan Courtemanche accepted that office-supply sales job instead of opting for an unpaid internship with a sports marketing firm 17 years ago, he probably wouldn't have been ''trying to manage a tidal wave'' on the 11th day of 2007. A few […]