After a decade of promoted assistants and power plays by league insiders it appears New York Red Bulls will be conducting a legitimate outside search for a new head coach. After the firing of Chris Armas, club head of sport Thelwell said it will be a broad recruitment process and that experience in Major League Soccer will not be as much of a requirement as “knowledge of football (and) knowledge of managing people.”
It does not appear that the former Wolverhampton Wanderers sporting director left his Premier League position to make small moves with MLS retreads, and the possibilities of who could be the shortlist of someone with Thelwell’s diverse professional background are endless.