Along with over 400 appearances in the Premier League for clubs including, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Blackburn and Tottenham, goalkeeper Brad Friedel also earned 82 caps for the U.S. national team. The Ohio native played in three World Cups, before retiring from professional soccer in 2015.
However, Friedel wouldn’t be away from the game for long as he was named the head coach of the United States’ U-19 national team the following year. Then in 2017, Friedel made the jump to Major League Soccer, where he became the head coach of the New England Revolution.
The former USMNT goalkeeper gave MLS Multiplex a few minutes of his time to talk about his transition into coaching, the rise of Major League Soccer and the state of the USMNT.