That's wild that Coach Jones has seemingly relinquished his coaching, and in favor of playing for the UPSL affiliate!! I can think only of Wayne Rooney as the only other recent example of a player-coach. In Rooney's case, he was playing with the first team, which I imagine is better for chemistry and morale. It can't be a good feeling for the present Fuego first team players, to see their coach ditching them, and in favor of the semi-pro-amateur side?
Perhaps there will be good news and more revenue once their own new soccer-specific stadium gets built. Has it been reported yet how the $100 million-plus construction costs will get paid? From a combination of public & private investments?
That's wild that Coach Jones has seemingly relinquished his coaching, and in favor of playing for the UPSL affiliate!! I can think only of Wayne Rooney as the only other recent example of a player-coach. In Rooney's case, he was playing with the first team, which I imagine is better for chemistry and morale. It can't be a good feeling for the present Fuego first team players, to see their coach ditching them, and in favor of the semi-pro-amateur side?
Perhaps there will be good news and more revenue once their own new soccer-specific stadium gets built. Has it been reported yet how the $100 million-plus construction costs will get paid? From a combination of public & private investments?
There are very few communicated details regarding the coaching status or the stadium. We’ve asked and not heard back anything.
Good discussion on this on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/USLPRO/comments/1flcao2/whats_going_on_at_central_valley_fuego/