re: How serious of a candidate is Osorio for the USMNT job?

I don't know much about Osorio besides his time in Mexico and his general bio.

Without knowing a ton, I can see why he would be appealing for the following reasons.

1) Knows CONCACAF better than any candidate based on his 3 years in Mexico. Knows qualifying, the Gold Cup, and the way teams play, including the oppressively defensive tactics that are employed by weaker teams to get draws.

2) Speaks fluent English and Spanish. Helps with communicating with refs and parents of some dual nationals. Can up the profile of the USMNT with interviews on Univision and Telemundo. This is something the USSF has always been interested in.

3) Knows MLS better than pretty much any international coach (not counting Pareja and others whose entire careers have been in the US) besides Tata Martino.

4) Had more success with Mexico than just about anyone besides Aguirre in the past decade.

5) He can organize a nice attack, and perhaps most importantly, he can deal with difficult guys like Carlos Vela. Vela is a guy that several Mexican coaches didn't even bother to deal with.

6) He probably has super high credibility with Mexican-Americans. We would be able to get almost anyone we wanted from the dual national pool.

7) He really wants to get the US job.

There are also three problems with him.

1) He appears to show some strange loyalty to Marquez. After Arena did the same thing with several guys this time around, that's a red flag.

2) He is whiny when it comes to refs and opponents (I don't think this is a huge deal but others might).

3) Not a splash hire.

All in all, I think Tata Martino and Osorio are two of the top choices.