New Chicago Fire head coach Juan Carlos Osorio plans on using the Fire as a stepping-stone to Europe or a national team job.
During the press conference to announce that Osorio would take over as the team’s new head coach for interim coach Denis Hamlett, Osario made his motivations for taking the Fire job very clear.
“If I can coach the talented players that the Chicago Fire has now, I think I can also be looked at in Europe or other countries or even here in America for other jobs, national team jobs or something like that.”
Wow, he hasn’t even coached a game and he’s already looking for a better team. Chicago GM John Guppy introduced Osario as having a “unique set of experiences” (a.k.a. he speaks Spanish). With Blanco on the way, this might have been a move to make the 34-year-old striker more comfortable (because I’m sure Chicago’s 4-7-4 record isn’t doing the trick). Osorio also expressed a lack of familiarity with the team and league. Good luck with this guy, Fire fans.
Osorio most recently coached Club Deportivo Los Millonarios in Colombia. Prior to that, Osorio was an assistant with Manchester City. In the 2000-2001 season, Osorio worked as assistant coach for the MetroStars. Deposed interim coach Hamlett coached four matches, after Dave Sarachan was sacked in late June.
Sarachan recently sat down with ESPNsoccernet's Allen Hopkins to talk about how he was fired and had this to say about it:
I was shocked. Obviously, my staff was shocked when I was told the news. It was unexpected given the timing and circumstances we as a team had been under for a number of weeks, with the call-ups and injuries. And the group we had to compete with wasn't our first group, and given those circumstances it caught me off guard ... there are still lots of questions as to the reasoning behind the timing.
To watch Osorio's press conference, click here
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