Many signs point toward Union sporting director Earnie Stewart’s getting the job as U.S. men’s national team general manager, but the deal is not done yet.
Stewart was at Thursday’s Union practice and walked by reporters as he left the field, but didn’t say anything. The team did not make him available, sticking by Wednesday’s statement that it “will decline further comment until a final decision has been made.”
Jim Curtin, however, was not as restrained.
“Conversations come up all the time during the course of a year,” he said. “Talented people get talked about a lot in the soccer world, and Earnie is no different.