Who is the next American coach that could make a move to Europe
Caleb Porter guided the Portland Timbers to the MLS Cup title this season.
Bruce Arena is the most successful soccer coach in U.S. history, but at 64 the opportunity to coach in Europe has probably passed.
Bob Bradley is there, coaching Le Havre in France’s second division. And despite his success in Norway and Egypt, at 57 Bradley, too, may be running out of time to take the next step to a major first-division league.
So who are the most likely successors to Arena and Bradley? Here are three to consider:
Gregg Berhalter (Columbus Crew): Berhalter, 42, played in Germany and England and under Arena with the Galaxy and the national team. He was an assistant with the Galaxy before a 46-game trial with Hammarby, a second-division Swedish team. He has taken the Crew from eighth place in the Eastern Conference to the MLS Cup in only two years.
Caleb Porter (Portland Timbers): Porter, 40, failed to qualify the U.S. U-23 team for the London Olympics but has succeeded everywhere else he has coached, winning an NCAA title and 83% of his games in seven seasons at Akron, where he had the highest winning percentage among active Division I coaches, and an MLS Cup in his third season with Portland.
Jason Kreis: Kreis, 42, was blamed for a dysfunctional and disastrous first season for New York City FC, which fired him last month. But before that he won more than 100 games in six full seasons with Real Salt Lake, reaching the final of the U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions League, and making it to two MLS Cup finals, winning the title in 2009 in his second full season as coach.
