“We had two people pass the beep test on the very first day, and they were both 16-year-old academy players. You go in and you have these plans, and literally after the first training session you goback into the office and the coaches sit around and say, ‘Let’s scratch everything we just did and now we need to work from the bottom up.’”
— Toronto FC assistant coach RobinFraser, on his stint as head coach of Chivas USA, where he took the job with elaborate plans that quickly evaporated amid the club’s chaotic situation. Three players and three coaches from ChivasUSA are now with TFC, which faces Chivas USA’s parent club, Chivas de Guadalajara, in the Concacaf Champions League final. (