Marcelo Bielsa is one of the most respected coaches in the world. Accordingly, it is no surprise that fans of El Tri and the Mexican media have tipped him as one of the favorites to fill the current Mexican managerial void. But, it seems, the current Marseille manager has no intention of leaving his Ligue 1 side, and is quite excited about getting his French league season underway.
Following the USWNT's World Cup win last month, coach Jill Ellis has been handed a new contract, which is expected to last through the 2019 World Cup and possibly beyond.
Ellis's former contract could have kept her at the helm of the USWNT for up to five more years, but instead she and US Soccer voided that one and hammered out a new contract.
In one of the more hilarious beefs in recent memory, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has engaged in a little verbal spat with Real Madrid manager Rafa Benitez's wife.
What happened was Benitez's wife gave a rare interview in which she joked that because Benitez seems to manage teams soon after Mourinho manages them, she and Benitez "clean up his messes."
Anatoly Korobochka might have the funniest horrible boss story ever.
Korobochka was brought in to do front office stuff Hearts in the Scottish Premier League by owner Vladimir Romanov in 2006. In 2007, in the absence of a real manager, Korobochka was given the job even though he couldn't really speak English.
That summer, Hearts played a friendly against Barcelona.
Miguel “El Piojo” Herrera just took the Mexican National Team to a Gold Cup championship win against Jamaica earlier this week. This calls for a celebration right? Well, the win feels a bit hollow if you think about it. Mexico’s run in the tournament was mired in officiating controversy and allegations of corruption. Not only that, but Miguel Herrera reportedly punched a journalist in the neck on the way to his flight at the airport.
Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera is the coach of the Mexican national team, but maybe not for much longer after reports surfaced that he punched TV Azteca commentator Christian Martinoli in the neck at the Philadelphia airport Sunday.
Alexander Zorniger is the new manager at Stuttgart. Alexander Zorniger does not like it when his players wear large headphones. He thinks it makes them look silly.
He told SportBILD:
“The players are allowed to wear headphones on the team bus, but not in public,”
“There’s a visual reason for this – a 5’5″ small player looks ridiculous when the headphones are as large as the whole head”.
After last night's loss in the Gold Cup semifinals to Jamaica, we don't know how to feel about Jurgen Klinsmann. So we made a list.
Pro:
Bobby Wood, America's most recent soccer sweetheart, wasn't available for the Gold Cup because his club team wanted him to stay in Germany.
Con:
Klinsmann doesn't have enough pull in Germany to be able to borrow Bobby Wood for a few weeks?
Con:
Could Klinsmann not find anybody better than Aaron Johanssen to play striker?
Pro:
Choosing who will lead your squad on the pitch as captain can be a difficult decision as a Premier League manager, especially when you can’t remember their name.
In a pre-match interview with for the International Champions Cup, Louis van Gaal was accompanied by Chris Smalling to answer media questions. While explaining the change of captaincy from Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick (or Carrot as the Dutch manager likes to say) to Chris Smalling, van Gaal had a slight bump in his thought process.
USMNT head coach Jurgen Klinsmann commented on the stakes of tonight’s Gold Cup semifinal against Jamaica, saying that everyone knows what’s on the line, that he expects his team to be prepared, and that Jamaica will give it their all.