Jesse Marsch said in a final sit-down as Red Bulls head coach this week that, the first order of business when he took over in Jan. 2015 was to make Chris Armas part of his technical staff.
Armas was born and raised in New York, but never once suited up for the MetroStars or Red Bulls during his 14-year career; a career in which he earned many accolades, including 2000 U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year.
In the beginning of a hyperbolic 2014-15 winter that defined the Red Bulls’ current trajectory, Armas was initially planning on a fifth season as head coach of the women’s soccer team at his alma mater, Div.