NASL sacramento hires first coach: prepare for PREKIBALL

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https://twitter.com/sacprosoccer/status/356801053016072194

NEWS: Sac Pro Soccer Names #USMNT (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23USMNT&src=hash) & @MLS (https://twitter.com/MLS) Legend, Preki, Head Coach for Inaugural 2014 Season - http://ow.ly/mYz3B (http://t.co/4ItzGPC0rD)

(https://twitter.com/sacprosoccer/status/356801053016072194#)
it's his first coaching stint in almost 3 years.. YIKES!!

[Redcoe15]

Will this team call themselves the Sacramento Prekis in his honour? or just Sacramento Prek.

Have fun wih this team Sacramento soccer fans. And by that, I mean have fun trying to stay awake.

[Oldtimer]

I hope they broadcast the matches for the sake of insomniacs who need some help to fall asleep. :D

[HuTor]

Jesus Merciful Christ, I feel really sorry for those future Sacramento fans... lol...

[Oldtimer]

I just read the press release. This is their first season! Talk about starting off on the wrong foot. They promise "entertaining" soccer...lol... didn't they even watch one of his TFC match tapes?

[Redcoe15]

I just read the press release. This is their first season! Talk about starting off on the wrong foot. They promise "entertaining" soccer...lol... didn't they even watch one of his TFC match tapes?
Entertaining and Preki go together like ice cream and fish chum. :ack2:

[TOBOR !]

Ha ha - yeah - LOL... (like we should be laughing at anybody... ffs).

[Oldtimer]

Ha ha - yeah - LOL... (like we should be laughing at anybody... ffs).

Absolutely we should. If someone gets their manager from the worst team in MLS history and considers it a "prime signing," one wonders how their decision-making is carried out. It's not like there aren't a lot of college coaches for whom the next logical step would be the NASL.

[Initial B]

No offense, but do you guys think that Toronto is so discounted in soccer circles that it is assumed that no coach would be able to do well in T.O., so interviewers just discount that part of an applicant's resume?

[Mark in Ottawa]

Absolutely we should. If someone gets their manager from the worst team in MLS history and considers it a "prime signing," one wonders how their decision-making is carried out. It's not like there aren't a lot of college coaches for whom the next logical step would be the NASL.
For comparison purposes Ottawa Fury FC will also be starting NASL in 2014 and opted for Marc Dos Santos (formerly of the Montreal Impact) as their coach.

[TOBOR !]

Absolutely we should. If someone gets their manager from the worst team in MLS history and considers it a "prime signing," one wonders how their decision-making is carried out. It's not like there aren't a lot of college coaches for whom the next logical step would be the NASL.

Really? I bet we'd be further ahead if we'd stuck with Preki than we are now.

[Brooker]

I'm not a huge Preki fan, but he gets far too much flack. You'd think he was as bad as MoJo the way some fans speak of him.

Decent signing for that level. I hope he does well.

[HuTor]

No offense, but do you guys think that Toronto is so discounted in soccer circles that it is assumed that no coach would be able to do well in T.O., so interviewers just discount that part of an applicant's resume?

Lol... you may have a grain of truth here...

[HuTor]

I'm not a huge Preki fan, but he gets far too much flack. You'd think he was as bad as MoJo the way some fans speak of him.

Decent signing for that level. I hope he does well.

I'm considering Preki a crap coach, but he's still a lot better than Mr. Shortpants Anotherpint Mariner.

[Fort York Redcoat]

I'm not a huge Preki fan, but he gets far too much flack. You'd think he was as bad as MoJo the way some fans speak of him.

Decent signing for that level. I hope he does well.

I'll be interested how Preki does without having to talk to MoJo about every move he wants to make. He can be the biggest ego in the room now.

[Blizzard]

I'll be interested how Preki does without having to talk to MoJo about every move he wants to make. He can be the biggest ego in the room now.

He was the biggest ego in the room then! They hated each others guts. That's why when MoJo went down, he dragged Preki down with him! Preki made MoJo's life a living hell so MoJo reciprocated. That's what happens when a league forces a coach on a club (again).

[MarkEightThree]

Sacramento is actually launching a USL Pro team, not NASL. That's third division, which is equal to [but probably run better than] our CSL.

[Oldtimer]

He was the biggest ego in the room then! They hated each others guts. That's why when MoJo went down, he dragged Preki down with him! Preki made MoJo's life a living hell so MoJo reciprocated. That's what happens when a league forces a coach on a club (again).

Interesting view, but it seemed at the time that MoJo genuinely wanted Preki and took him on staff, but things soured pretty quickly when it turned out he had a different view on what players to get and what players to play. The league interference wasn't as blatant as it was when Garber engineered the move of Payne to Toronto, but back then TFC wasn't quite yet a basket case.

[Sweeper]

Really? I bet we'd be further ahead if we'd stuck with Preki than we are now.

I agree.

I would take a really nice undefeated run at home over the "beautiful attacking soccer" we've witnessed since his departure.

[Sweeper]

it's his first coaching stint in almost 3 years.. YIKES!!

.......his contract with TFC just expired

[Fort York Redcoat]

Really? I bet we'd be further ahead if we'd stuck with Preki than we are now.

Or Carver
Or Cummins
Or Winter

[Redcoe15]

And now, introducing, SACRAMENTO REPUBLIC FC

http://i.imgur.com/O9QolO2.png

http://sacrepublicfc.com/

[Redcoe15]

Preki seems excited.

http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2013/07/18/21/19/vZjxS.Xl.4.jpeg

[Oldtimer]

Preki seems excited.

http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2013/07/18/21/19/vZjxS.Xl.4.jpeg

Those players better get ready to run laps, plenty of them.

[Yohan]

http://www.si.com/soccer/planet-futbol/2014/10/01/sacramento-republic-mls-expansion-usl-pro-warren-smith

I dunno how MLS can say no to Sacramento

[Red Rat]

TFC has killed a lot of players and coaches!!!

[Red CB Toronto]

http://www.si.com/soccer/planet-futbol/2014/10/01/sacramento-republic-mls-expansion-usl-pro-warren-smith

I dunno how MLS can say no to Sacramento

Not saying no, just think they want to keep the reorganized Chivas team in the LA area.

[Mark in Ottawa]

And your thread title is incorrect. Wiki says:
"Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football) team based in Sacramento (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California), California (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California). Founded in 2012, the team made its debut in the USL Pro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USL_Pro) in 2014."