Mexico legend Hugo Sanchez has been tapped as the country’s new football coach. It has been widely speculated the past few weeks that the former Real Madrid striker would take over for Ricardo La Volpe, who left to guide Boca Juniors after the World Cup. I think this was the best choice for [...]

There has been speculation for some time now that Diego Maradona would one day become a manager and on that day the team he would lead would be Argentina. Those plans might be changed a bit if Honduras has their ways. The Central American country has opened up discussions with the legend about [...]

The vacant United States coaching gig remains vacant for now, but an announcement from the United States Soccer Federation is expected sometime in November. One person that is in the mix is Liverpool legend and current MLS New England Revolutions coach Steve Nichol who wants the job but thinks he won’t get it.
“I’d be [...]

It wasn’t long ago when I was wondering how Luis Aragones has remained the coach of Spain. Well, apparently his bosses have more confidence that he is the right man for the job than I do. Aragones has signed a contract extension to guide Spain through Euro 2008.
Aragones did lead Spain to a [...]

Reports out of Nigeria say that the country is eager to hire a big name foreign coach to guide the Eagles. Among the names on the football federation’s wish list are former Italy boss Marcello Lippi, former Ajax chief Louis Van Gaal and current Portugal coach Felipe Scolari.
Big names indeed, but there is no [...]

Shortlists are the flavor of the week. Unlike the very long shortlist of candidates for FIFA player of the year, the Mexican Football Federation says it only has seven names of its list of coaches to replace the departed Ricardo La Volpe as the boss of El Tri. What isn’t known is the [...]

The well-traveled and never boring manager Bora Milutinovic is being courted by the Jamaica Football Federation to coach the Reggae Boyz as they begin preparations to qualify for the 2010 World Cup. Reports from Jamaica say that the football federation’s president flew to Mexico to discuss the position with Milutinovic, who is the only [...]

The celestial forces of the universe are playing mind tricks on us all now that there are reports that Sven-Goran Eriksson is being considered as the next coach of the United States’ national team. Eriksson, who spent five long years as the boss of England, has said he would like to coach a big [...]

The heat has been on Spain coach Luis Aragones. After his team crapped out of the World Cup and after it lost last week to Northern Ireland in Euro 2008 qualifying, you would think that the football federation in Spain would be happy to show the coach the door.
Wrong.

There are reports today that former German defender Juergen Kohler has turned down the Ivory Coast coaching gig after initially agreeing to the position because his wife was concerned about the safety of living and working in a country that has seen its share of violence in recent years. All of this is old [...]