U.S. great Michael Bradley named RBNY II coach

Former United States planetary midfielder Michael Bradley has been hired arsenic caput manager of New York Red Bulls II, making it the archetypal managerial relation successful his nascent coaching career.

Bradley, 37, antecedently served connected the unit of Norwegian broadside Stabaek from October of 2023 to September of 2024 nether his begetter Bob Bradley. More recently, helium worked arsenic a "guest coach" with the Canada men's nationalist squad nether Jesse Marsch during the June planetary window.

The determination besides amounts to a homecoming of sorts for Michael Bradley, fixed that helium broke into the nonrecreational ranks successful 2004 arsenic a subordinate with the MetroStars, the forerunner of the New York Red Bulls.

"I couldn't beryllium much excited to travel backmost to wherever my nonrecreational playing vocation began," said Bradley. "This is simply a imagination accidental arsenic a young coach. I'm looking guardant to moving mundane with this talented radical of players, and I'll springiness everything to assistance them instrumentality the adjacent measurement successful their careers.

"I'm thankful to the nine for the accidental and can't hold to get started."

Bradley is among the much decorated players successful USMNT history, earning 151 caps, bully for 3rd connected the program's all-time list.

He scored 17 goals astatine planetary level and was portion of the squads astatine the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. He was besides portion of 2 Gold Cup-winning teams successful 2007 and 2017. Bradley was named U.S. Soccer Player of the Year successful 2015.

At nine level, successful summation to his clip with the MetroStars, Bradley played for SC Heerenveen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Aston Villa, Chievo Verona, AS Roma and Toronto FC. While with Toronto, Bradley was portion of the broadside that won a home treble successful 2017.

"We are excited to invited Michael to the club," said New York Red Bulls sporting manager Julian de Guzman. "He had an unthinkable playing vocation and is 1 of the top American shot players ever.

"We spot him arsenic a promising coaching endowment and look guardant to supporting his improvement arsenic helium transitions to a vocation down the touchline."

Bradley's archetypal lucifer successful complaint volition beryllium connected June 21 astatine Truist Point Stadium against Carolina Core FC successful MLS Next Pro.