"We call him Satchi," says Clarkstown Eagles owner and head coach Oliver Papraniku.
Once A Metro has been following former New York Red Bulls Homegrown player Sacir Hot's progress as head coach of Morristown amateurs FC Motown for several months, but somehow neglected to figure out how to pronounce his name. Papraniku gently puts a stumbling start to a Friday-afternoon phone conversation back on track, allowing us to return to the purpose of the chat: the news that his club has added Hot to its coaching staff.
Clarkstown Eagles play in NPSL, generally regarded as part of US soccer's fourth division (a status shared with PDL, a different league with similar characteristics) and, as such, the highest amateur or semi-pro tier of the sport in America.