On Tuesday New York Red Bulls announced the hiring of Bernd Eibler as an assistant coach. The 26-year-old native of Wiener Neustadt, Austria had been working as a video analyst and assistant coach with SV Mattersburg before the Austrian first division club folded in August of this year due to financial difficulty.
Though Eibler has never directly worked with newly-hired Red Bulls manager Gerhard Struber, the club statement indicates the two have been acquainted for several years. They share backgrounds as low-level players who quickly worked their way from entry level coaching badges and amateur management roles to the pinnacle of the Austrian professional scene.