The San Jose Earthquakes are in superior discussions with former LA Galaxy and United States males’s nationwide crew coach Bruce Enviornment to make him the crew’s subsequent head coach, sources informed ESPN on Friday.
Enviornment, 73, has lengthy operated as each head coach and basic supervisor in his earlier MLS stops, however it’s unclear if his potential function with San Jose would contain comparable tasks, and what this would possibly imply for present GM Chris Leitch.
Enviornment was first linked with the San Jose job final month, as was one other former United States males’s nationwide crew coach, Gregg Berhalter, in addition to former Portland Timbers boss Gio Savarese and Robin Fraser, the previous coach of the Colorado Rapids. Berhalter has since been employed by the Chicago Hearth.
The Earthquakes declined to remark.
Enviornment has been out of labor since he resigned as head coach and sporting director of the New England Revolution in September 2023.
His resignation got here after he was placed on administrative depart and later investigated by MLS for making “insensitive and inappropriate remarks.” On the time of his resignation, Enviornment acknowledged he “made some errors” however did not elaborate.
MLS introduced that “sure” allegations have been confirmed and that Enviornment must petition MLS commissioner Don Garber if he needed to work within the league once more. Enviornment ultimately met these circumstances, and was declared eligible to renew working in MLS in December 2023.
Showing on CBS Sports activities Golazo Community’s “Kickin’ it” in June, Enviornment stated he took duty for his actions but additionally stated he needed to be “reserved” in what he might say about why he resigned. He known as what he went by “hurtful.”
Although no deal has but been reached, if accomplished, Enviornment would take over a San Jose crew that may be a lengthy away from its heyday within the early 2000s, when it received two MLS Cups and a Supporters’ Protect, and is now in want of an entire rebuild.
The Quakes simply completed the 2024 MLS common season with the fewest factors (21 from 34 video games) and a file of 6-25-3. The second-worst level complete was Chicago’s 30. San Jose additionally set a doubtful league file by conceding 78 objectives.
The Quakes began the season with Luchi Gonzalez as head coach, however he was dismissed in late June, with assistant coach Ian Russell main the crew on an interim foundation for the remainder of the yr.
Enviornment has confirmed himself adept at rebuilding jobs, having resurrected the LA Galaxy when he took over in 2008 and doing the identical with New England beginning in 2021.
Enviornment’s on-field success in MLS is unmatched. He’s the winningest coach in MLS historical past with 262 common season victories, and has received 12 trophies.
With D.C. United he received two MLS Cups, a Supporters’ Protect, a U.S. Open Cup, the 1998 Concacaf Champions Cup and the Interamerican Cup. Later, with the Galaxy, Enviornment received three MLS Cups and two Supporters’ Shields. He received his final title with the Revs in 2021. He additionally managed the New York Crimson Bulls.
Enviornment has loved comparable highs on the worldwide stage but additionally skilled some crushing lows.
He led the USMNT to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, together with a round-of-16 overcome bitter rival Mexico. Throughout two spells in cost, he guided the USMNT to a few Gold Cup crowns in 2002, 2005 and 2017.
However he was additionally in cost when the USMNT did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup, thanks partially to a surprising 2-1 defeat to Trinidad and Tobago on the ultimate day of qualifying. He resigned days after that defeat.