Former U.S. national team and MLS head coach Bob Bradley was named the new manager at English Premier League club Swansea City on Monday, making the revered 58-year-old New Jersey native the first U.S. manager to lead a club in one of Europe's major leagues.
Words of support poured in on social media from American soccer circles after the news broke, including two Seattle Sounders players who suited up for Bradley with the USMNT years ago.
Forward Herculez Gomez was a somewhat surprising addition to Bradley’s 2010 World Cup roster after breaking through in Mexico during the months leading up to the USMNT’s World Cup camp.