Bob Gansler will be retained as coach...

Bob Gansler will be retained as coach of the U.S. national soccer team, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced.

Alan Rothenberg, who replaced Werner Fricker as head of the federation after the World Cup, said he anticipated Gansler would remain as coach through the 1994 World Cup, the first to be played in the United States. However, Rothenberg refused to guarantee that Gansler would remain four more years.

Gansler took over the team in January, 1989, and led the United States to its first World Cup berth since 1950. However, the team lost three consecutive games at the World Cup and finished 23rd among 24 nations.