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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 3989424, member: 405"] Euro managers risk not making enough use of MLS players. We would have to hire someone who sees MLS as a farm system for the national team to fill in the gaps where you don't have players from the better Euro leagues for those spots. The Euro players are the future, and they reflect our best talent. But if we hire a more sophisticated tactical coach from Europe to try to get to the next level, I would look to coaches from England, Spain and Italy. What kind of coach could we get for 2026, seeing this talent mature, more young guys break into European teams, and we are playing on home soil before much more knowledgeable and supportive crowds than 1994? Who could we get? David Moyes - fundamentally sound, hard working teams, good at the counter, underdog mentality, can coach reasonably sophisticated offensive patterns. He probably could get a grasp of MLS relatively quickly, and probably has scouts looking at players there for West Ham. Maybe not flashy, maybe a bit timid at times, but he is very competent. Antonio Conte? He will likely be available at some point, and he couldn't complain to management about not spending enough money for players. LOL. I think 3 at the back suits the quality of center backs we have in the USMNT. John Brooks isn't quite the Virgil Van Dyke type of player we hoped he could be. I think the Syracuse kid is one of our two best, now. Conte could have us play sound defense, be strong in midfield, and would have us repeat patterns of play over and over in his camps. He's very strong tactically, as evidenced by his great work with the Italian national team. Jurgi Low? After a couple years out of the game, he might be an interesting choice. Jurgen Klinsmann's concepts were not wrong; he just didn't have the chops to teach them, and didn't have Low to implement his ideas on the training ground. Low would be back in the spot light, as coach of the host team. Unai Emery? He has won cups many times, and is the Europa League specialist. It would help us perhaps with recruitment of Mexican-American and other Latin immigrants to get them to join the national team. Having a Spanish speaker could be very useful. It might even help us in qualifying. He certainly would be more effective with the foreign media during qualifying. At least he would speak their language! Again, a guy who is maybe not a top 5 coach int he world, but is very good, and might be "gettable", given these unique circumstances for the next World Cup. Who might you guys suggest as our next US MNT coach? I feel pretty confident we're going to qualify, just because I think Berhalter is basically competent, and manages the dressing room full of mostly young guys pretty well. Seems like he built a new culture, so he's going to be the man until after this World Cup is over. I just wish Berhalter would integrate a few more of these guys into the rotation, so that guys are not constantly breaking down. You can't play all 3 games in 11 days for your country, and call that your International "break". [/QUOTE]

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