Almost a year time, the German sports director Lutz Pfannenstiel has taken for the coach search — almost unthinkable in European sports. Different in the US. As early as 2019, MLS announced that St. Louis will join the league as a 28th franchise. The start was actually planned for 2022, due to the Corona pandemic, this was postponed to 2023. Pfannenstiel himself hired after his departure at Fortuna Düsseldorf in the summer of 2020 in the US Bundestag Missouri to advance the project. Now he has clarified the most important personnel.
Bradley Cornell, which from 1998 to 2010 in Germany for the VfB Stuttgart, Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Karlsruhe SC and Hans Rostock in 134 Bundesliga and 84 second division games was presented on Wednesday as Chef coach. Bradley has everything we presented from our first head coach. He was our absolute wish candidate, says Pfannenstiel talking to the European: It is important to have a coach who knows the league. And not only the Players and teams, but also the climate and travel conditions. This is very different in the US, it is quasi a continent, no country like Germany. Many internationally known coaches have failed among other things.
Cornell years in the red-bull organization played a crucial role
His coaching career started the South African 2015 in his homeland, from 2017 to the last 44-year-old then at the New York Red Bulls as co-trainer and interim leader on the sideline. The five years in the Red Bull organization played a crucial role for pennant style. We have a clear requirement, as we want to play, not only with the professionals, also in the youth area: Pressing and counterpressing, high intensity, fast direct football and switching moments are important to us. This is designed for this. This has Cornell as a player in Stuttgart already implemented under Ralf Rang nick and refined at Red Bull New York as a trainer, says the sports chief.
Cornell starts already 2022
Until the start in the highest gaming class is now a year preparatory time. During this time, the franchise occurs in the newly founded MLS NEXT PRO, one in the US league-class league, which will also play the reserve teams of the MLS teams from 2023. We decided to take the coach under contract for a year earlier, so that he is involved in the processes and processes. We now have the opportunity to test a lot. Also, as far as the future cadre compilation is concerned, makes us a lot easier, explains Pfannenstiel.
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