Mount Royal Soccer · Oct 9, 2020
Impact - An Old Foe Departs
Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ben Olsen has a pat on the back for Thierry Henry, then of the Red Bulls, during a play-off match at Red Bull Arena in 2014.He seemed to be there forever. Part of the furniture...
In fact he was... in every Impact meeting with DC United that’s ever taken place to date, Ben Olsen was in the DC United dug-out. That’s 20 times (21 when you consider the Impact’s play-off victory at RFK Stadium in 2015).
The second-longest tenured coach in MLS history (10 years) left his job, Thursday. As player and coach he was involved in 71.1% of all matches in DC United’s MLS-history.
But how did he fare against the Impact?