RONGEN OUT AS CHIVAS COACH CLUB WON'T IDENTIFY REPLACEMENT.Byline: Fred J. Robledo Staff Writer CARSON - Thomas Rongen Thomas Rongen (born October 31, 1956 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch soccer coach, currently the Sporting Director of Major League Soccer club Chivas USA and the coach of the U.S. U-20 team. was relieved of his duties as Chivas USA's coach Monday and reassigned as the club's sporting director after the expansion team dropped to an an MLS-worst 1-8-1 with Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Galaxy. Assistant coach Javier ``Zully'' Ledesma, goalkeeper for Guadalajara's revered teams of the 1980s was named interim coach for Wednesday's game against Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). at Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box Center, and club president/co-owner Antonio Cue said a a permanent replacement could be in place by the end of the week. Cue already has agreed to terms with a new coach, whom he says has professional coaching experience in Mexico and abroad. ``I am as anxious to tell you as anybody is,'' Cue said of the new coach. ``We've had problems in the past with the visa process, and until that's finalized, we're not going to say anything. ``But when the new coach comes, you will see the seriousness given to the project, both by (parent club) Chivas in Guadalajara, and Chivas USA.'' Speculation is that the new coach will be Javier Aguirre, who coaches Spanish Primera Division club Osasuna, which played Chivas USA in a Home Depot Center exhibition March 26. Aguirre played for Mexico's national team in the 1986 World Cup and coached the team in the 2002 World Cup. Aguirre, one of the biggest names in Mexican soccer, played alongside Rongen with the Los Angeles Aztecs The Los Angeles Aztecs were a soccer team that competed in the North American Soccer League from 1974-81. The team was based in Los Angeles, California and part-owned by Elton John. of the North American Soccer League North American Soccer League or (NASL) was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.[1] History in 1980. ``It's disappointing, without a doubt,'' said Rongen, who previously coached MLS's Tampa Bay Mutiny The Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer club located in Tampa, Florida that participated in Major League Soccer from 1996-2001. The club played its home games at Houlihan's Stadium from 1996-1998 and at Raymond James Stadium from 1999 onwards. , New England Revolution The New England Revolution, nicknamed the Revs, is a professional soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts, that participates in Major League Soccer. Even though the club is based in Foxborough, the club represents all of New England. and D.C. United, which which he won the 1999 title. ``I came here first and foremost as a head coach to produce a winning team. But being in this business for many years, I know you're judged on results. The exit is a little earlier than I thought, but that's the nature of the beast Nature of the Beast is the ninth episode of The WB television series Birds of Prey. The episode aired on December 18, 2003. Summary When Al Hawke, her mother's killer, is hunted by The Specialist - a metahuman assassin with the ability to pass through solid .'' Several players expressed disappointment with Monday's decision. ``I spoke to Thomas and to the boys, and I damn well hope that everyone feels the same way, that this was the players' fault,'' defender Ryan Suarez said. ``I apologized to Thomas because we lost a good coach and, furthermore, a good person. Rongen will oversee player development as sporting director. Fred Robledo, (626) 962-8811 fred.robledo(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: AGUIRRE |
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