Mexico: Juan Carlos Osorio turns down chance to stay with El Tri
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Jul 28, 2018
He was hired in 2015 and stayed on after Mexico lost to Chile, 7-0, in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Copa Centenario. He took a veteran Mexico team to the second round of the 2018 World Cup but will now look for other employment.
Born in Colombia and educated in the United States, where he coached in MLS (Chicago and the New York Red Bulls), Osorio has been mentioned as a candidate for the U.S. and Colombian national team coaching jobs.
In a statement issued by the Mexican federation, Osorio said he was "using this message to send my sincerest thanks to Mexico fans, to the Mexican federation, to the employees in the high-performance center and, especially, to all the players with whom I had the privilege to work with during this period as head coach of the Mexican national team, a job I carried out with commitment, passion and pride."
Mexico beat defending champion Germany, 1-0, in its opening game in Russia and then defeated South Korea, 2-1. If the Germany win was one of El Tri's greatest triumphs ever, a 3-0 loss to Sweden was its worst defeat in 40 years. El Tri only advanced to the second round when Germany couldn't beat South Korea, and it exited quietly with a 2-0 loss to Brazil.
Mexico is off until September when it plays Uruguay in Houston and the USA in Nashville.
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My guess is that he will be Colombia's next coach.
This was an inevitable situation waiting to happen. Now let's see if US Soccer has the desire to sign him as he IS very knowledgeable of the US Soccer scene, from the unaffiliated youth/adult leagues, whether Latino, European, scholastic, collegiate, amateur, or "semi-pro" teams, clubs, leagues, etc. Oh, and hey, being bilingual sorta helps somewhat.
Finally, so some outside FMF circles didn't like him, or the Mexican media didn't like him or his style, yet, he comported himself with professionalismso I'd say to him: MUCHSIMAS GRACIAS Y BIENVENIDO AL USA!!!
He would be an excellent signing for USSF--make it happen, Carlos and Earnie! Admittedly, Columbia would be a natural fit for him, but maybe he wants to continue with other international opportunities first.
Ric and R2, I’m with you guys! Seems as if Osorio would be a great fit for our team. Hope he and our “powers that be” agree.
What are we waiting for - oh yeah this !
Sign him up !