Juan Carlos Osorio

  • Tata Martino

    Opinion: Mexico got it right with Tata Martino hire

    Gerardo “Tata” Martino was presented as the new coach of the Mexican national team. Martino, 56, arrives in Mexico City after a glorious 2018 MLS season with Atlanta United. During his two years in Atlanta, Martino achieved the MLS Cup and generated a 1.82 points per game average in...
  • Juan Carlos Osorio

    Juan Carlos Osorio: From Brooklyn Italians player to World Cup manager

    An NPSL team has an alumnus playing a huge role in this summer’s 2018 World Cup. That’s right, Mexico manager Juan Carlos Osorio played for the storied NPSL franchise Brooklyn Italians between 1993-94. Osorio has risen to international fame after Mexico’s shocking defeat of defending world champions Germany. The...
  • Group F

    Germany, Mexico hope to escape Group F

    The German Myth The fame of Germany in soccer is well known, so well known that there’s conventional wisdom around the German mysticism. Carlos Salvador Bilardo, a World Cup winner with Argentina in 1986 as a manager, provided today’s quote: “You need to see the Germans showered and on...