U.S. Soccer Names Bob Bradley Head Coach

NEW YORK CITY — U.S. Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati introduced Bob Bradley as the new head coach of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team at a press conference today at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square in New York City. Bradley was the interim head coach before the appointment.

In other U.S. Soccer news, the Men’s National Team will play its first match on European soil in 2007 when they travel to face 11-time World Cup finalists Sweden on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at Ullevi Stadium in Goteborg, Sweden. Kickoff for the match is set for 2:30 p.m. ET (8:30 p.m. local time) and will be broadcast live on Fox Soccer Channel (with Galavision airing the match live at 2:30 p.m. ET and delayed at 2:30 p.m. PT). Fans can also follow the match live via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker.

"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to play an opponent with the quality of Sweden," said U.S. head coach Bob Bradley. "It is one of our continuing goals to play as many challenging matches as possible, and the chance to face a team of Sweden's caliber and to do it in Europe is extremely beneficial for the program. With the match falling on an international fixture date, we look forward to bringing an extremely competitive side to Goteborg."

Sweden, currently ranked No. 24 in the world, has competed in 11 World Cup finals, highlighted by a second-place finish in the 1958 tournament and a third-place finish in USA ’94. In 2006, they advanced out of Group B along with England before falling in the Round of 16 to hosts Germany.

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