{"id":13286,"date":"2018-03-21T13:03:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonsoccer.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=13286"},"modified":"2018-03-21T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:03:46","slug":"dave-sarachan-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/soccer\/2018\/03\/21\/dave-sarachan-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Sarachan Receives Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interim USMNT head coach Dave Sarachan received a contract extension on Tuesday. Sarachan&#8217;s term was quickly coming to a close by the end of this month. This agreement will stretch his interim role into June.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dave Sarachan will stay on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/usmnt?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#usmnt<\/a> job through June. Plus, his thoughts on current camp, young players and Geoff Cameron&#39;s barbs <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QubD4VrV4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/QubD4VrV4f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoccerInsider\/status\/975955458744823808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Dave Sarachan Receives Contract Extension<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The former assistant, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsoccer.com\/2017\/10\/24\/dave-sarachan-interim-usmnt-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarachan took control of the team<\/a> after his former boss, Bruce Arenas, failed to get the team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving the news he will have to shift focus to getting the team ready for upcoming friendlies. It&#8217;s a\u00a0grueling schedule that will have the team playing against Bolivia, France, and Ireland. Prior to these games, Sarachan has nabbed two draws against Portugal in November and Bosnia in January.<\/p>\n<h2>Reaction<\/h2>\n<p>He is happy about the news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/soccer-insider\/wp\/2018\/03\/20\/dave-sarachans-job-as-u-s-national-teams-interim-coach-extended-through-june\/?utm_term=.9350a3fb76a7\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">telling the Washington Post \u201cit is something I wanted to do\u201d<\/a>. One look at Sarachan\u2019s resume will show\u00a0his experience being as a steward of the game. He was a part of Bruce Arena\u2019s 2002 World Cup team that made it to the quarterfinals. The call to become the official head coach may never come. Sarchan still has high hopes to be held on in a different capacity by the U.S. Soccer Federation as the manager of the youth squads. Right now he adds much-needed stability to a team without a direction.<\/p>\n<h2>Sarachan Brings in Fresh Faces<\/h2>\n<p>Since becoming manager he has called up youthful talent that is making splashes across the Atlantic. One of those players is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/united-states\/story\/3424845\/timothy-weah-earns-first-senior-call-up-as-us-names-youthful-squad-vs-paraguay\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Tim Weah<\/a>. Other talents from his age group joined the team in their practice facility in North Carolina to get ready for an upcoming friendly against Paraguay.<\/p>\n<p>He is setting the lineup and is building a strategy. Only time will tell how long Sarachan will hold onto his position as the manager for USMNT. Experience is on his side to prove in the next coming months if he is the man for the job.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-COkusn5TYlx88HcB5JjGQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/925657930\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-COkusn5TYlx88HcB5JjGQ',sig:'OpUHoTatLphyb8KFHnYpRNmQbX-ebdPirUj66q0Gg70=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'925657930',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Sarachan receives a contract extension as the interim coach for the US Men&#8217;s National Team. 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