Asunto: USA U-20 Team

Good luck against Russia!

You're going to get an influx of quite a few great players next year. At the very least, the players available for this year's U18 seem significantly stronger than last year, including quite a few elite players on the top two lines.

Are you going to run against next year?

Not next season. I've helped Penskid learn the ropes a little bit so I'm supporting him to try a fresh approach next season.

We might need to find someone else for U20 manager. PensKid hasn't logged in for 5 days.

Any other candidates out there?

He logged on again today.

Two of the star players from the U20 are available for sale:

Dre Thibodeau
Wade Hill

Would anybody help support me in my bid for the u20 managerial position.

Why don't you volunteer yourself for the assistant manager position first, so you can learn how things work before you make a full on bid. Also, that way we get to know you a little.

good point

You'll probably need to get a little more experience first. It will help if you can work your way up into at least division II (buying cheap older players with a lot of experience is helpful for this - but don't spend too much as Human Resources and a good stadium are most important). You'll also need to be able to scout a lot of players (the human resources facility also helps with this area). You might try finding someone who will allow you to be an assistant manager so that you can learn about the position.

There are 4 requirements for managing a team: 1) You need to prove that you won't quit halfway through the season (like the longtime USA national team manager did a few seasons ago).
2) You need to prove that you will be capable of running the team well. You need to be able to find the best players for the team, conserve and effectively use energy, build chemistry, and choose the proper tactics (offense<defense<normal<breaking up of play<counterattacks<active forechecking<offense). For this area as well as the first, simply playing the game for a long time will help.
3) It helps if you are active in the forums. You could start by offering to help one of the teams with scouting. The National Team in particular could probably use the most help.
4) You need to find an opening. You might even want to try applying in countries with a smaller player base or countries where nobody is interested in the position (though people don't really sign up for next year until the end of the season).

I was thinking of going for a managerial position for soccer in another country, but you make a good point.

The U20 team is officially rudderless. On the bright side, quite a few players will start next year with perfect chemistry.

If anybody wants to manage the U20 team next year, now would be a good time to start campaigning, planning, and scouting. I have the whole team scouted (I believe that all of the 18 year olds from last year's U18 team were added to this year's team) and could supply a lot of scouting information to anyone that is interested.

penskid is still listed as the U20 GM. So he could still come back, right? Maybe he'll pop in

I might take a shot at the U20 team if no one else is available. My hockey team is on auto-pilot anyway.

I would like to give the U-20 Managers job a go. I have in the past worked with all three of the National teams. I will also make sure i have an assistant so if some thing was to happen to me that the team would still have one one to guide it. I do not plan on leave this game any time soon. Please give me your support. Thanks.

He doesn't have a team anymore, though I suppose he could solely manage the U20 team.