Simeone He will find himself next morning with his Sosias Yanqui. Brian Schmezterhead of Seattle Sounders, it is a true institution in the city, of which it is native, just like Bill Gates y Jimi Hendrix. At 62, this son of German emigrants, father of six children and grandfather of two grandchildren is considered as One of the best coaches in the United States and his name sounds frequently to become a national coach. Behind him he has three major titles, two MLS glasses and Nothing less than the Concacaf Champions.
Schmezter's entire life has been linked to the largest city in the state of Washington, the last geographically of the American northwest, in which he was born on August 18, 1962, at a time when football was a practically non -existent sport, which It led him to opt for the Indoor soccer, a football-wiper variant That was very famous at the time because of the extraordinary dynamism of a sport in which the ball never left outside, since the rebounds were allowed on the wall.
In 2001, after having retired at 32 at the Seattle Seadgs, he was appointed coach of the Sounders, a totally surprising decision since he had barely had contact with the football of eleven players. However, his signing was a complete success, to the point of being elected coach of the year At a time when Seattle Sounders played in the A-League, a kind of second division between teams in Canada and the United States.
When in 2009 the club joined the Major League Soccer (MLS), the board chosen Sigi Schmid, Former Los Angeles Galaxy coach, relegating Schmetzer to the position of assistant. Thus he remained for seven years to In 2016 he definitely took the reins To take the city team where Starbucks was born to the era of greatest glory in its history, with two mls won in 2016 and 2019 to Toronto and nothing less than a Concacaf Champions League conquered in May 2022 at the cost of the Mexican Pumas. A title that went to the history of American footballsince it put an end to 16 consecutive years of Mexican hegemony.
Pulcro and Methodical, Brian Schmetzer dreams of writing this morning another page in the history of soccer becoming the First coach who wins an official match for a European team. Simeone is going to find the last of his shoe because his bench rival adds 24 consecutive years in the same clubalthough not everyone exercising as a coach.
