Jimmy McGuinness

[ck]

He'll need all the luck he can get. A lot of hot air been spoken here . There is no good soccer club in the world  going to take a punt on an unproven manager with no track record where the stakes are so high .

I suspect he'd have been far better off taking an Irish Soccer Club.

Agree with this. I suspect his ego would not allow him seek a job in Ireland, realisticly would he even be offered one?
USA allows him try things out without any scrutiny. It's some upheaval for a young family too. He's putting all his chips on red!

[ned]

He'll need all the luck he can get. A lot of hot air been spoken here . There is no good soccer club in the world  going to take a punt on an unproven manager with no track record where the stakes are so high .

I suspect he'd have been far better off taking an Irish Soccer Club.

Of course he wasn't getting a "top"  job. We all have to start somewhere in our careers. Soccer managers the world over have worked their way up the ladder. Go take a look at Martin O'Neill's path in management or Brendan Rodgers' or Alex Ferguson's. JMG will be a success or not due to his ability, not because he picked an Irish or British club instead of going to the States. He does not have the profile (yet) in soccer to do like Lampard or Gerrard or other top players before, to be able to walk into a bigger job, but that does not mean he will be any less
Successful long term.

[Taylor]

He has to start somewhere and fair play to him.
Wish him all the look in the world and hope he is a success.

But this is a risk and doesnt seem to be as lucrative as some posters seem to think.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

This is the United States - its not essential that you actually are the best at what you do as long as you have some sort of personality / PR / selling point.

And Jimmy's is what?

[David McKeown]

If he hits in the USA - the financial gain long term will be enormous and it wouldn't be completely mad (if successful) to see an Irishman manage the USA National Soccer team, if he made a name for himself in the MLS2 or whatever this outfit league is called, it's not beyond realm of possibility he'll be at the MLS sooner than many think.

Jimmy has the head screwed on, Derry City/Dundalk....all these teams will always be there. He makes it in the USA he's set for life.

Steady on there

Do you know who this is? He's an Irishman who has been a USL coach for 4 years now - who has won the USL Championship for the last 2 years.

He has won it once as manager.

James O'Connor? 

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Yeah - I see he's up at the MLS level now with Orlando

[Syferus]

If he hits in the USA - the financial gain long term will be enormous and it wouldn't be completely mad (if successful) to see an Irishman manage the USA National Soccer team, if he made a name for himself in the MLS2 or whatever this outfit league is called, it's not beyond realm of possibility he'll be at the MLS sooner than many think.

Jimmy has the head screwed on, Derry City/Dundalk....all these teams will always be there. He makes it in the USA he's set for life.

Steady on there

Do you know who this is? He's an Irishman who has been a USL coach for 4 years now - who has won the USL Championship for the last 2 years.

Nobody has a clue who he is - that's the point.

This is the United States - its not essential that you actually are the best at what you do as long as you have some sort of personality / PR / selling point.

[TheMaster]

Will Jim have Maxi Curran as his no 2?

[twohands!!!]

Got a bit curious as to how Jimmy was getting on in the US and the answer so far is fairly poorly.

There's been 8 games played so far and Charlotte Independence's record is played 8 won 1 drew 2 and lost 5. GD is -7

Unsurprisingly with that sort of form they are down the bottom of the table (the good news is there is no relegation from this league) with only 2 teams below them.

The bottom team have lost all 8 of their games and the second bottom team have played 2 games less than Jimmy's lads.

The good news for Jimmy is that the Charlotte's next game is against the team that have lost all 8 games.

It's an 18 team division (there's an eastern and western division and 36 teams in the league in all), so 34 games in total (unless they make the play-offs) so you'd imagine McGuinness would need to start getting some sort of results or his position will come under pressure before too long.

[BennyCake]

He'll be back in Fermanagh as Rory Gallagher's assistant before we know it.

[From the Bunker]

Charlotte Independence had a good draw away to second placed Tampa Bay Rowdies who are second in the league at the weekend.

[twohands!!!]

Jimmy really stuggling.

12 league games and 1 cup game played so far this season and only 1 win in those 13 games.

The loss in the cup was against a side from the 5th tier of football in the US.

[Dinny Breen]

Kildare job will be available soon.

[ck]

1 win in 13 games? Jimmy will be back in Donegal before you know it.

Heard reliably from a man who knows his soccer that the US league Jimmy is operating in is no better than league of Ireland. Teams opt out and opt in each year and there's no relegation. Now how could you take a league like that seriously!!

[BennyCake]

Jimmy's Losing Matches?