The US federation’s sporting director hired Mauricio Pochettino and Emma Hayes, but it’s too early to judge his larger impact Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Sporting directors live in the mid-to-long-term. While the coaches they hire and players they recruit have to deal with the highs and lows of week-to-week performance reviews, the executives watch on and make sure the project hasn’t veered off course. With a club, the rule of thumb is that it can take at least three transfer windows to start seeing tangible evidence of progress under a new sporting director. In international soccer, it often takes multiple cycles. Matt Crocker arrived at US Soccer in April 2023 pledging to guide the program into a brave new era while acknowledging that initiative would take time to actualize. As it turned out, he never game himself that time. US Soccer announced on Tuesday that Crocker was stepping down as sporting director, and he’s reportedly due to take up a similar position with Saudi Arabia.

Join Matthew Brennan, David Wilson and this week’s roving reporter Ben Symes on this week’s episode of the Green Scene, your one-stop shop for all things Irish football. Ben reports from an airport somewhere in Europe as he starts his long journey back from Poland after Ireland’s huge win in Gdansk in their World Cup Qualifier. There is a new game, courtesy of Matthew, who asks who from the Irish diaspora is likely to don the green shirt at senior level? The trio get into a debate about what it means to be Irish, where people grow up and how that affects how people feel about their national identity and why, perhaps, we shouldn’t be so hard on Declan Rice. And with the EFL coming to the boil, as well as the Premier League, the lads dissect the biggest Irish football stories from across the water. And as ever, we are looking for your inspiration to help us, fancy getting in touch? You can do so by emailing [email protected] Contact us on socials @offtheball across all our platforms. Or if you want to contact us directly message the @offtheball.football account on Instagram. And as ever, we are on WhatsApp on 087 9 180 180. Become a member and sign up at offtheball.com/join The Green Scene on Off The Ball is brought to you by Cadbury, proud sponsor of the Republic of Ireland football teams. To become a member and access our exclusive content simply click: here:http://offtheball.com/join All the perks right here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfGDs3EEl0RHUwgdEGeCL_A/join Have you downloaded the Off The Ball app? - Search for Off The Ball app in the Google Play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... - Search for Off The Ball app in the app store if you're on iOs: https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/otb-spo... SUBSCRIBE to the Off The Ball channels: - YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/offtheball... - TWITTER | https://www.facebook.com/offtheball... - INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/offtheball... - FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/offtheball... - WEBSITE | https://www.otbsports.com/radio... - We are live on the Off The Ball app 24/7 - or if you don't have the app listen on desktop: https://www.otbsports.com/radio... PODCAST the show too - we'll timestamp it for you as well - iTunes: search for Off The Ball Breakfast in your app! - Spotify: search for Off The Ball Breakfast in your app! - We are wherever you get your podcast GET IN TOUCH WITH OFF THE BALL - WhatsApp: get in touch on 0879180180 - Snapchat: add us and message the show @offtheball1 - Twitter: follow and tweet us @offtheball and @offtheballam

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Chelsea and Belgium legend Eden Hazard has shared his thoughts on Rayan Cherki being Kevin De Bruyne’s successor at Manchester City. Cherki joined Manchester City as their third signing of the previous summer window from Lyon on a five-year contract as the Blues planned for life beyond De Bruyne, who joined Napoli as a free […]

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has told the press that his side showed personality in order to be able to get back into the game against Barcelona, having gone two goals down in the first half. Ademola Lookman’s goal put Los Colchoneros back in front on aggregate, and they won out 3-2 eventually. Simeone was […] The post Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone – ‘We attack better than we defend, goals are the difference’ appeared first on Football España.

The only injury concern for Manchester City to come out of their 3-0 win over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday was the hamstring injury sustained by Nico O’Reilly. Nico O’Reilly picked up a hamstring injury in the second half of City’s win. O’Reilly was replaced by Rayan Ait-Nouri in the 64th minute of City’s […] The post A vital player for Manchester City trained on Monday after sustaining an injury against Chelsea appeared first on Esteemed Kompany.

Former Inter Milan manager Simone Inzaghi could reportedly replace Gennaro Gattuso as a new head coach of the Italy national team. According to Tuttosport via FCInterNews, the current Al-Hilal boss is in contention for the Azzurri job amid an uncertain future in Riyadh. Simone Inzaghi left Inter to take charge of the Saudi Pro League […] The post Report – Ex Inter Milan Manager Considered As Potential Gennaro Gattuso Successor As Italy National Team Coach appeared first on SempreInter.com.

It’s no secret that focusing on just one competition can be beneficial to a team when it comes to the cut-throat run-in to any given season. That’s simply common sense. Fewer games mean star players can sit out games of lesser importance in order to be in tip-top condition for those that matter. Never has […] The post Can Atletico Madrid Follow in the Footsteps of These Two Teams That Famously Solely Focused on the Champions League? appeared first on CaughtOffside.

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As Mohamed Salah waved to The Kop after Liverpool’s 2-0 defeat to PSG on Tuesday night it brought down the curtain on his Champions League career for the Reds