MLS coach will probably be USMNT coach

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Its September people if the coach wasnt already hired its because they are waiting for the end of the MLS season to name an active coach.

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Or it's because the GM didn't even start until August.

My money is on Gregg Berhalter. I think it will happen regardless of the messy Columbus situation, but the Crew potentially not playing in Columbus next year would also be a factor. I don’t think he would want to move to Austin with the team, should that happen. He has a good coaching record, and knows the national team well from his playing days.

Peter Vermes is qualified, but he just signed a 5-year extension there, and I doubt he leaves, even for the national team.

Maybe Oscar Pareja has an outside shot, but I doubt it. He’d be much better as a youth technical director instead of head coach, IMO. That’s where his talents really shine.

Greg Vanney is too inexperienced, and Toronto is badly regressing this season. Jesse Marsch will definitely be a top candidate for the 2022 cycle after his Bundesliga experience, but he’s off the table for this cycle. Arthur Blank isn’t letting Tata Martino leave Atlanta for anyone; if he was gonna leave, it would have been the Paraguay job.

Dutch coaches? Would the salary/positon for the USMNT be attractive enough to pull a decent coach that is in the middle of the season away from Europe and if so why hasn't it happened now. Meola on Sirus FC insinuated that the new coach would probably be watching the next games in the stadium

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top 3 choices are all Dutch

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ole earnie going back to his roots

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Gregg Berhalter

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Peter Vermes

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Greg Vanney

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Go out on a limb...

Make a prediction and tell why....

Earnie Stewart confirms that he has yet to interview candidates for the #USMNT head coach position, but expects to make a hire by the end of the year, and as early as November.

I expect it to be a current MLS coach, but you never know, Earnie might surprise us with a Dutch coach. The Dutch learn English as a second language is school, so that shouldn’t be a problem for any Dutch candidates.

US Soccer fans need to be realistic about the type of coach we can attract given the current state of US Soccer. Our odds of landing a proven, top-level manager with extensive European experience are basically 0% right now. There’s always a chance, but don’t expect that. Those guys all have way better options.

More than likely, our next coach will be either an American or a young, ambitious European out to make a name for himself and potentially put his career at risk. That’s the caliber of job we are right now. The USSF can offer a ton of money, but there are many other factors that make such coaches hesitant to seek this job.

I expect Berhalter to be offered the job once the Crew’s season ends (probably in November) unless a big candidate steps up unexpectedly.

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Tata listens to questions in English but answers in Spanish.... By November or December he could be answering in English...

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He knows English.

Oh, I share your optimism about our player pool. I think our last generation of veterans aged out at just the wrong time and some of our worst crops of youth prospects in the modern era of US Soccer were unable to pick up the slack. I think the failure last cycle makes a lot of people think our current crop of players is way more dire than it really is. These kids coming up seem like the strongest crops we’ve ever produced, and that is translating to recent success at the youth level.

I am bullish on our future, like you. I just don’t think a lot of the top coaches out there see it the same way we do. They likely perceive the USSF as a mess too big to tackle, even if we have some great young players. I don’t think many established managers for top European teams would leave those positions for an uncertain future.

I’m not getting my hopes up for an exciting hire. But who knows? Maybe Earnie finds an ambitious European manager unafraid of the task at hand and eager to prove himself.