Bradley seeks to shed interim tag

December 9, 2006

By Frank Dell'Apa

Bob Bradley has been named coach of the U.S. national team by default, not the best introduction to the position. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati did not make Juergen Klinsmann an offer he couldn't refuse. Now it is up to Bradley to make himself into a coach Gulati can't refuse.

That is what transpired in 1995, when Steve Sampson took the team on an interim basis and reached the Copa America semifinals. Sampson left the federation with no choice, and actually proved to ...

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Bradley seeks to shed interim tag

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