Jonathan Bornstein has a side gig.
For about a year now, the Chicago Fire defender has quietly been working as a volunteer assistant coach with the Northwestern University men’s soccer team, and he says it’s been a big shock to his system.
“The biggest surprise is I’m still constantly getting new surprises!” Bornstein tells Hot Time in Old Town with a laugh. “It’s completely different than playing. The mentality of what it is to be a coach is a lot different than being out there as a player.”
Bornstein needed to find a team to coach in order to take a “B License” coaching course through U.