John Smallwood of the Philadelphia Daily News talks about the excitement surrounding the hire of Peter Nowak as the new head coach of the Philadelphia expansion team of MLS.
PIOTR "PETER" NOWAK is a big name and a good hire to be the Philadelphia Union's first coach.
Unless the Union wanted to extend its coaching search beyond the U.S. borders and delve into Europe or South America, Nowak, who will be introduced today, might be the best name currently available to the expansion franchise, which will begin play next spring.
You want experience both domestically and internationally?
Nowak has it.
He was the head coach of D.C. United for 3 years, and then an assistant to the U.S. men's national team. He coached the United States in the under-23 CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2007 and last summer at the Olympics in Beijing.
You want championship experience?
Nowak took over at D.C. United in 2004 and immediately guided it to the Major League Soccer title. He took United to the playoffs in his other two seasons.
As a player, Nowak joined the expansion Chicago Fire in 1998 and led it to the MLS Cup title.
You want a no-nonsense coach who puts the team above individual players?
You want a no-nonsense coach who puts the team above individual players?
Look at Nowak's experience with D.C. United.
In 2004, he was given 14-year-old prodigy Freddy Adu and all the pressure and hype that came along with coaching the player many heralded as America's Pele.
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