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Philadelphia Union selects Nowak as first coach
CHESTER, Pa. (AP)—Major League Soccer’s newest franchise has tapped national team assistant Peter Nowak as its first coach.
Nowak will head Philadelphia Union’s soccer operations as team manager when it begins play next year.
Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz says Nowak was the coach the expansion team targeted from the start.
Nowak, a former Polish national team captain, won MLS titles as a player and coach. He was a member of the Chicago Fire team that won the MLS Cup in 1998 and was the head coach of D.C. United’s 2004 championship team.
U.S. Soccer announced Nowak’s departure from the national team on Thursday. Nowak had served as the top assistant to coach Bob Bradley on the men’s team and led the under-23 national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Nowak helped the U.S. team capture the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup title and compile a 9-1-1 record in FIFA World Cup qualifying. Overall, the U.S. team?s record is 24-8-4 since Nowak joined the coaching staff in December 2006.
“On behalf of the coaching staff, we want to thank Peter for all of his efforts with U.S. Soccer. He is an outstanding coach and a great friend,” Bradley said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed working with him as both a player in Chicago and as a partner with the national team. I look forward to continuing our relationship.”
CHESTER, Pa. (AP)—Major League Soccer’s newest franchise has tapped national team assistant Peter Nowak as its first coach.
Nowak will head Philadelphia Union’s soccer operations as team manager when it begins play next year.
Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz says Nowak was the coach the expansion team targeted from the start.
Nowak, a former Polish national team captain, won MLS titles as a player and coach. He was a member of the Chicago Fire team that won the MLS Cup in 1998 and was the head coach of D.C. United’s 2004 championship team.
U.S. Soccer announced Nowak’s departure from the national team on Thursday. Nowak had served as the top assistant to coach Bob Bradley on the men’s team and led the under-23 national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Nowak helped the U.S. team capture the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup title and compile a 9-1-1 record in FIFA World Cup qualifying. Overall, the U.S. team?s record is 24-8-4 since Nowak joined the coaching staff in December 2006.
“On behalf of the coaching staff, we want to thank Peter for all of his efforts with U.S. Soccer. He is an outstanding coach and a great friend,” Bradley said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed working with him as both a player in Chicago and as a partner with the national team. I look forward to continuing our relationship.”
