News broke out earlier this week that the San Jose Earthquakes had made their hire for the vacancy at head coach: Matias Almeyda.
Some readers will, understandably, not recognize Almeyda’s name. He’s never coached in Europe or at the international level, which means that he hasn’t been under the kind of heightened global exposure that one gets for managing in the World Cup or the UEFA Champion’s League. Still, he’s got quite the CV. His first coaching job was to restore the famed River Plate back to the Argentine first division. After that season, he went to a less prestigious Argentine club in the 2nd division, Banfield, and also got them up to the top flight.