Robert Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Are there any Canadians coaching in Europe? South America, Asia or Africa? This seems to be an even more scarce breed of Canadian than the multitude of international goalies that we produce. There must be a direct correlation between the health of Canadian soccer and the number of coaches we have working aboard. You often see a World Cup tournament where there are three or four Dutch, Germans and Brazilians coaching other countries. What kind of coaching future lies in store for Dale Mitchell if Canada fails the beat Honduras on Saturday? It will definately not be of the international variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 How many South Americans coach in Europe? I can tell you there is a truckload of Canadians coaching at the highest level in Europe. Just a different sport. Did you fall out of the 'start Wagenaar' wagon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 I was surprised to see DeVos come straight home. I thought he'd be well suited and well connected for English lower league management. The compensation is probably far too low to be worth the stress. Still, better footballers than him -Martin O'Neill comes to mind- have started at the absolute bottom of the pyramid. And he's doing okay now. Pesch has some interest and he definitely has the connections. Radz has also expressed interest. For today, it's important to remember that Mitchell's generation had a very difficult time playing abroad as the game was much more xenophobic. You can't really expect a guy like Dale to have a lot of connections abroad when he made most of his living playing indoor in North America. One other "disadvantage" to consider is that Canada is a pretty damn nice place to live -evident by the number of foreign coaches who come over here for -I would assume- lifestyle reasons. I wish Dasovic would go over to Europe and get some experience, but I can't blame him for staying given that there are a few decent jobs over here (which he has/had most already) and the CSA seem very uncomfortable hiring foreigners -at least those who don't speak English as a first language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 Colin Miller was the first and only North American coach to be an assistant in the EPL (with Derby). He was let go when it was obvious they were being relegated. He came straight back to BC to be near his family. Not many Canadians overseas, but loads of foreign coaches as heads of youth associations (and probably in provincial ones - certainly in BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Didn't someone post that a Canadian was coaching in Romania not too long ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted September 3, 2008 Author Share Posted September 3, 2008 So that's only two. Frank Yallop - San Jose and Los Angeles (born in England but played for Canada) Colin Miller - Derby (born in Scotland but played for Canada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Robert, I've seen the Dutch 'men' playing that girlie hockey game on grass. Nice. Do they grow tits too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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