U.S. Soccer Federation is not planning to hire a men’s national soccer team coach before the organization’s presidential election in February, and with no major competitions in the near future, it might wait until the pool of potential candidates grows after next summer’s World Cup, multiple people familiar with the situation said over the weekend.
The full-time job has been vacant since Bruce Arena stepped down last month in the wake of the failed qualifying campaign. His assistants, headed by Dave Sarachan, oversaw last week’s friendly at Portugal and likely would return for a three-week training camp and friendly against Bosnia in January.