It was fantastic news: Bob Bradley hired by Swansea City, and therefore becoming the first American head coach of a club in the English Premier League. The first American head coach of any club in any of Europe's big four leagues, in fact.
It was particularly fantastic news for those who remember when Bradley was one of us: a MetroStar.
Bradley was a big deal in MLS from the get-go. He was an assistant to Bruce Arena as D.C. United won back-to-back MLS Cups in 1996 and 1997 (and a US Open Cup in '96). And when he left DC, he won the double (MLS and USOC) in his first season as head coach of Chicago Fire (in 1998 - the Fire's first season in existence).