Steven Cherundolo becomes chef coach of the LAFC

Cherundolo is presented on Wednesday, the AFC announced on Monday.

The 42-year-old Cherundolo played between 1999 and 2012 87 internationals for the US team, participated in three World Cup finals (2002, 2006, 2010) and has 15 years of experience in the Bundesliga, in which he has 370 games for Hanover 96 completed.

I am very pleased to introduce Steve as our next head coach, said AFC General Manager John Torrington on Monday. Steve has a unique mix of international and national experience at the highest level that meets these requirements.

Assistant in Hanover, Stuttgart and DFB offspring

After Cherundolo finished his active career after knee problems in March 2014, he as co-coach in Hanover's second team rose and became the following year the assistant of 96-head coach Michael Frontier. In addition, he trained the U 15 and the U 17 of the 96er. It was followed in January 2018 as a commitment from Taken Workout at VfB Stuttgart, which ended in October with the exemption of the coaching team.

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Another station led him to DFB: In August 2020 he became Christian Luck's co-trainer at the U 15.

Successor of Bob Bradley

In Los Angeles, the Cherundolo born in San Diego / California is followed by Bob Bradley, who had trained AFC since 2017. The former US national coach adopted in November last year after first missing the play-offs as a coach towards Toronto FC.

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