In addition to being a three-time U.S. World Cup player and a successful soccer executive abroad, new Union sporting director Earnie Stewart brings a definition of roles to his new team.
During a chaotic 10-17-7 season a year ago, there was the perception that several people had a hand in how the Union operated. There didn't appear to be uniformity. Now, Stewart has changed that.
While he values the opinion of the coaching staff and the other soccer executives, it's Stewart who has drawn up the playbook, and the Union will follow it.
"I am not saying everything in the past was bad, but I have a way of looking at soccer," Stewart said.