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Post by epjr on Dec 10, 2013 20:53:57 GMT -6
Jason Kreis steps down as head coach of Real Salt Lake,
will take top job at New York City FC Jason Kreis’ tenure at Real Salt Lake officially ended on Tuesday night, when he invited each of his players to his home for dinner and frank conversation about the future. Kreis, the 40-year-old rising star of the Major League Soccer coaching ranks who lifted RSL from the expansion doldrums to a league power, has officially stepped down from his position with RSL, and will accept the head coaching position at New York City FC, the 2015 MLS expansion franchise backed by EPL powerhouse Manchester City. www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/12/10/jason-kreis-steps-down-head-coach-real-salt-lake-will-take-top-job-new-york-
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Post by epjr on Jan 10, 2014 15:42:46 GMT -6
New York City FC's new boss Jason Kreis excited for opportunity to "refresh," build club into winner NEW YORK – Perhaps only Jason Kreis would consider the next year – six months spent in Manchester and six in New York City – a break. After all, he’s got a world-class coaching staff to shadow, an MLS-ready squad to piece together and a club to build, essentially, from scratch. Not to mention the unenviable logistics of dragging his wife and school-aged sons around the world to do so. “It’s going to be a whirlwind,” Kreis said, an understatement if there ever was one. But, as he reiterated on Friday after being introduced as New York City FC’s first-ever head coach, the decision to leave the comfortable confines at Real Salt Lake was all about opportunity. And there will certainly be no shortage of that with the considerable resources of Manchester City backing his efforts at every turn. www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/10/new-york-city-fcs-new-boss-jason-kreis-excited-opportunity-refresh-build-cluwww.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcOtm3DGyE&feature=player_embedded
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Post by epjr on Jan 11, 2014 17:13:20 GMT -6
New York City FC "quite certain" to sign three Designated Players NEW YORK – With a veritable army of scouts at their disposal – and a budget unlikely to be exceeded in MLS – the quest to introduce New York City FC in 2015 as a winning side has begun in earnest. No, there are no signings to speak of – unlike the other 2015 expansion side, Orlando City FC, who announced their first MLS player on Friday – but efforts are well under way to put together the squad that head coach Jason Kreis will field a little more than 12 months from now. “The clock is ticking and we’re looking now,” director of soccer Claudio Reyna told reporters on Friday at Kreis' official unveiling. “We have 36 scouts within City Football Group and we started to speak with them last year already, started to make contact with them. Remember, we need to find Designated Players, but we need to find other players as well.” To be more specific, NYCFC will need to identify and sign three DPs if, as expected, they fill each of their allotted slots. Just don’t expect them to take chances on high-risk players from a character perspective. “I’m quite certain that New York City FC will sign three Designated Players,” Kreis said. “I’m also quite certain that those players will be extremely well vetted, researched, talked to [in order to] make sure they’re not only the right player for this team but the right person.” www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/11/jason-kreis-new-york-city-fc-quite-certain-sign-three-designated-players |
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