Bruce Arena

Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena (2006)
Personnel
Surname	Bruce Arena
birthday	September 21, 1951
place of birth	Brooklyn , New York ,  USA
size	1.83 m
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
1968	Hota
1969-1971	Nassau Community College
1971-1973	Cornell University
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1976	Tacoma Tides
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1973	United States	1 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1976	University of Puget Sound
1978-1995	Virginia Cavaliers
1995-1996	USA U-23
1996-1998	DC United
1998-2006	United States
2006-2007	New York Red Bulls
2008-2016	LA Galaxy
2016-2017	United States
2019–	New England Revolution
1 Only league games are given.

Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American football coach and former player .

Player career

Bruce Arena, whose grandparents are from Italy , grew up on Long Island in New York. He started playing soccer in high school because he was too young to play American football. He started as a defender and later as a goalkeeper.

In college, he continued to play soccer, but also lacrosse . After two years at Nassau Community College, he moved to Cornell University . There he also played lacrosse and soccer.

After graduating from Cornell, Arena was first signed by New York Cosmos . But it was never used there. He played professionally lacrosse with the Montreal Quebecois and professional football with the Tacoma Tides in the American Soccer League.

In 1973 he had his only international match. He came on as a substitute for Israel in the second half.

Coaching career

Arena began his coaching career at the University of Puget Sound, where he worked in 1976. From 1978 to 1995 he coached the Virginia Cavaliers , the University of Virginia selection team .

Arena then coached the US U-23s for a year before moving to the then newly founded Major League Soccer to DC United , with whom he won the championship in his first year.

Bruce Arena took over at the end of October 1998, after the poor performance of the US national team at the 1998 World Cup in France , the office of national coach.

He formed a unit from many individual players and led the USA to the World Cup quarter-finals at the 2002 World Cup, where they were eliminated by Germany . During his time as national coach, he was also able to integrate many young players into the national team, including several players he knew from the high-quality team at the University of Virginia.

Bruce Arena was also able to qualify with the US national team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany , where the team was eliminated in the preliminary round. US Football Association boss Sunil Gulati announced in New York on July 14, 2006, a week after the 2006 World Cup, that he would not renew his contract with Bruce Arena.

A few days later, Arena accepted an offer from the New York Red Bulls .

On November 5, 2007, the Red Bulls and Arena parted ways by mutual agreement. Bruce Arena was the club's head coach for a year and a half. During his time there, he made 16 wins, 16 draws and 10 defeats. As of August 18, 2008, Arena was the coach of the LA Galaxy .

From December 1, 2016, he succeeded Jürgen Klinsmann again as national coach of the USA. After Arena failed to qualify with the national team for the 2018 World Cup , he resigned from the post of national coach.

On May 14, 2019, New England Revolution announced that they had signed Bruce Arena as their coach and sports director.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gainesville.com/news/20060617/will-america-have-to-say-auf-wiedersehen
2. ↑ Kicker Online: Arena follows Klinsmann. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 23, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Bruce Arena resigns as United States manager. In: global.espn.com. October 13, 2017, accessed May 15, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Bruce Arena appointed New England Revolution head coach, sporting director , ESPN. May 14, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.