World Cup hero and legendary United States goalkeeper, Brad Friedel, will be taking charge of the newly-implemented U-19 head coaching role within U.S. Soccer. The federation announced Monday that he and well-traveled assistant coach, Omid Namazi, would head up two brand new youth levels.
To help bridge the gap from the U-17 team to the U-20 team, the USSF has introduced two new age levels within its structure. The U-18 team will be headed up by Namazi. He most recently served as an assistant coach for Tab Ramos with the U-20 team that made it to the quarterfinals in last year's World Cup.