The Union's new sporting director will be Ernst Tanner, who has spent the last five years as the director of Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg's academy.
He'll be introduced Thursday in a press conference at Talen Energy Stadium. According to sources, he won't officially start with the Union until mid-to-late September because of visa and immigration paperwork.
Tanner, a 51-year-old Germany native, has worked for Red Bull Salzburg as its academy director since 2012. The club has won Austria's league title in six of the last seven years, including the last five straight, and four straight Austrian cups.