Brian Schmetzer was not named MLS Coach of the Year. That honor goes to Greg Vanney, who guided Toronto FC to arguably the best regular season in MLS history. He beat out Tata Martino, who guided Atlanta United to arguably the best expansion season during the league’s “mature” era.
None of this is particularly surprising of course. Schmetzer was not among the three finalists when they were announced a few weeks ago, and Vanney and Martino were both part of historic seasons.
What was somewhat surprising was that Schmetzer wasn’t even among the Top 6!