CHICAGO -- Ruben Amorim arrived in the U.S. for Manchester United's preseason tour with a smile back on his face.
It had disappeared by the end of last season. In his postmatch news conference after the painful 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Europa League final on May 21, the Portuguese coach looked like a beaten man. He snapped back at reporters who suggested the performance in Bilbao, Spain, had been poor, even offering to walk away without compensation if the board decided he wasn't right for the job.