soccer4ever wrote:
> In six-plus seasons as a head coach in Major League Soccer, Bob Bradley
> has established himself as one of the brightest minds in the game. With
> a MetroStars win on Saturday against the Chicago Fire - coincidentally,
> the team he led to an MLS Cup title - Bradley will become the first MLS
> coach to win 100 regular season games.

> In 197 regular season matches patrolling the sidelines, Bradley has won
> nearly 60 percent of his games, but since entering the league,
> Bradley's success has been measured by the hardware in his teams'
> trophy rooms.

> After two seasons as an assistant to Bruce Arena at D.C. United, in
> 1998 Bradley took the helm of the expansion Chicago Fire and with
> veteran midfielder Peter Nowak leading the way, the club captured both
> MLS Cup and the U.S. Open Cup. That Fire team was the second MLS team
> to capture the U.S. domestic double - the only other one in league
> history was United in 1996, which Bradley also of course experienced.

> In 2000, Bradley and the Fire were back at it, tying for the league's
> best record with 57 points from 32 games and going on to their second
> MLS Cup Final. The Fire fell in the title game to the Kansas City
> Wizards, but still claimed a trophy by winning the U.S. Open Cup for
> the second time in club history.

> After two more years as the man in charge in the Windy City, Bradley
> departed for the MetroStars prior to the 2003 season needing one win to
> surpass former Tampa Bay Mutiny, New England Revolution and D.C. United
> coach Thomas Rongen atop the all-time MLS coaching wins list.

> Bradley passed Rongen's mark on April 26 of last year with the
> MetroStars 1-0 win against Columbus, and since then he has put a huge
> gap between himself and Rongen and the rest of the coaches in the
> league. The active coach closest to Bradley is the Los Angeles Galaxy's
> Sigi Schmid, who has 79 career victories, and only one other active
> coach has more than 63 wins (Tim Hankinson of the Colorado Rapids, with
> 73).

> Over the past year-and-a-half, Bradley's presence has made the
> MetroStars seemingly a new team. He guided the club to its first ever
> cup final last year, losing to the Fire in the U.S. Open Cup
> championship. He has also overhauled the MetroStars' roster, installing
> one of the most talented midfields in the league and bringing in
> several talented young players to increase competition for roster
> spots.

> In six-plus years in the league, Bradley has had just one losing
> season, and halfway through the 2004 campaign, he has the MetroStars at
> the top of Eastern Conference and possibly well on their way to their
> first taste of MLS glory.

> Jason Halpin is a contributor to MLSnet.com. This story was not subject
> to approval by Major League Soccer or its clubs.

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