US Soccer fires men's national coach Bob Bradley

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Source: AP

Amid concerns that progress had stalled during his tenure, Bob Bradley has been fired as coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team.

In a surprising announcement Thursday, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said Bradley had been relieved of his duties.

"We want to thank Bob Bradley for his service and dedication to U.S. Soccer during the past five years," Gulati said in a statement. "During his time as the head coach of our Men's National Team he led the team to a number of accomplishments, but we felt now was the right time for us to make a change. It is always hard to make these decisions, especially when it involves someone we respect as much as Bob. We wish him the best in his future endeavors."
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Thanks to Bob Bradley. :patriot: It's time to take a more professional approach to this team.

[Blue_Tires]

1. Not a big surprise...

Might as well ditch the women's coach, too...Hope they have some good candidates lined up...

[KamaAina]

3. My first thought as well.

They canned the MEN'S coach??!! :argh: :nuke:

[MrCoffee]

4. It was a year too late, but they finally did it.

[MrCoffee]

2. The elephant in the room is USSF youth technical director Claudio Reyna

He was just named to the position in April, and he's been going at it full-tilt since then. What top-level coach is going to want the job without having some control over the youth system as well?