New U.S. men's national team general manager Earnie Stewart has a number of ways to go to hire the manager for the 2022 World Cup cycle, but Juan Carlos Osorio is no longer one of them.
The former Mexico manager has been hired by Paraguay to take over its national team, its federation announced on Monday. Osorio was thought to be in frame for the U.S. job and was also reportedly in contention for the job in his native Colombia should Jose Pekerman not renew his contract with Los Cafeteros. Instead, Osorio is heading further south to Paraguay, which missed the 2018 World Cup and returns to competitive action in next summer's Copa America.