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- Black/USSF via )Steven GoffContributing writerMon, January 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM UTC·5 min readLast summer, Michael Bradley was back at work in northern New Jersey, returning to the Major League Soccer organization that two decades earlier had paved his way to a long and prosperous playing career. Eager to remain involved in the sport that had consumed his family since birth, he had taken the reins of the developmental squad at Red Bull New York, following in the footsteps of his father Bob, who, over 43 years, had coached at the amateur, pro and international levels. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementLess than two years removed from anchoring Toronto FC’s midfield, Michael would get his head-coaching feet wet in the U. S.
- third division, shaping teenagers before small crowds at a cozy college complex in suburban New Jersey. It wasn’t a lot, but it was a start. Coaching the first team someday, though, wasn’t a distant thought, either.“It was in the back of my mind, for sure,” the two-time U. S.
- World Cup midfielder said Monday.
- “It was something I hoped to, with time, earn [and] work for.
