Iver Galarcep, pulling duty for ESPN this time, checks in on former LA Galaxy, former MetroStars head coach, Octavio Zambrano, posing the question of why, with that guy's resume, no Major League Soccer team will so much as interview him.
Here's an answer: Zambrano's MLS's answer to Newcastle/Fulham/England's Kevin Keegan. If you're trying to build a winning team, you get past the "attractive" stuff pretty quickly.
For all that - and, in truth, it's a bit of a cheap shot - Galarcep does make a good case, particularly with the 2000 MetroStars. Still, Zambrano never got one of his teams over the hump...and one does have to consider the MetroStars far less impressive 2002 for the full measure of the the man. Galarcep does, of course, and that's to his credit. But doesn't that answer some questions as well?
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