Just a day after firing Mexican legend Hugo Sanchez as head coach of the Mexican national team, the Mexican Football Federation has found his replacement and it is a familiar face to U.S. national team fans.
Former U.S. national team, D.C. United and Red Bulls coach Bruce Arena will be named the new head coach of the Mexican national team at a press conference in Mexico City on Tuesday. Arena will sign a contract that will run through the 2010 World Cup.
“Obviously it is a great opportunity to coach one of the best teams in the world,” Arena said. “I will have to learn some Spanish but I believe I’m the right man for this job.”
The surprising decision was made quickly on Monday evening, with Arena beating out Jose Pekerman for the position.
“After Hugo Sanchez’s tenure with the national team it was time for a new perspective, time for a coach with experience being successful with a national team,” Mexican federation president Justino Compean said. “We also felt that we needed a more modest approach and a more understated coach.”
April Fools!!!!!
Okay, so maybe it was easy to see this coming. If you actually believed the story don’t be afraid to admit it.
No, Bruce Arena is NOT the new Mexico coach. This is just an April Fool’s Day joke.
Apologies to anybody who had a heart attack or spit up their morning coffee upon seeing this. That includes you Bruce.
wow, you got me. i was celebrating and looking forward to our continued domination of mexico. oh well….
i hate you….been so busy at the office was the first chance to do some surfing….forgot it was april fools 🙁
LOL
I was about to text my friend and tell him the news.
I love this blog….keep up the good work Ives.
HAHAHA!! I fell for it! I was so shocked that I completely forgot about April Fool’s Day all of a sudden. Ha that was great!
Nice try Ives, but I was on this one before I finished the headline. Ever since I bought the april fools headline in my college paper (the Mugrat for you RU grads out there) about John Madden being hired as the next football coach, I’ve been careful not to fall for this stuff.
I like 4now’s options though. All good ones.
Touche Ives… Damn Ives you sly bastard! Don’t give El Tri any ideas!
Reports now coming out that Rossi, upon hearing the news, has regrets that he chose italy and not Mexico when he was looking for countries to defect to.
Ives, you had me until you said Mexico chose Arena for a more “understated” approach.
I hadn’t checked my computer since early morning….& when i saw the news, my heart literally skipped a beat….I must say, Ives, you got me on this…..I vowed never to let anyone get me on an April fool’s joke and lo and behold, my favorite gossip administrator gets me……my friends will not let this go for a while
iveessss… whats the deal? why so few posts today?
At first I didnt believe this, then got reading and was thinking why in the world would he go to our #1 rival. GOOD ONE!!!
CLASSIC!!! My heart dropped!!
Got me too. Ives, you should keep a tally of how many people fell for it!
You had me,good work Ives.
I just sprayed coke on my monitor, followed by a laughing spasm.
Ha!
Damn! I just got OWNED! I SUCK! roflmao
Hartman I agree with you completely. I was as shocked as you, only I was sitting in the stands in Germany. It still baffles me. The entire qualifying period (and before) Donovan was playing in the mid. All of a sudden, you put him up top as the lone striker??? When did he really get to cement that position in the run up to the Cup??? BA was out-coached before that first game even begun.
I scared my cat half to death when I saw this…good one ives!
Ives.
Ugh. Wow. My heart jumped. I swear.
The second person to get me good today.
NOT FUNNY IVES!!!!! I was half done with an email to my brother about this, thankfully I opened the post.
good one. george bush is more likely to head al-qaida. watching the mexican saga is quite enjoyable.
You had me at hello…you had me at hello.
for all bruce did for the program, i still can’t forgive him for switching to the 4-5-1 right before worldcup 2006. ESPECIALLY, for the Ghana game needing a win and goals. when i saw that lineup announced that day, had the same effect on me as this story did, couldn’t believe it.
YOU GOT ME!!!
My jaw dropped when I read the headline. Then a minute or so later I remembered today’s date.
I am an April Fool!!
This is not that funny. I would not laugh too hard, because the way BA was shown the door, I am still sure he harbors some ill feelings towards US Soccer. If he really wanted to get back at us, he could accept that job or any CONCACAF post. Who better to know how to beat the U.S. that that man with a pumping fist!!!
You got me.
After the initial heart failure and cursing I remembered what day it was. Holy Crap that’s funny stuff!
I almost busted my computer. That’s the best April fools I’ve seen in a long time.
how about this one:
“Max Bretos voted as the most talented announcer in the world.”
HOLY CRAP…. You really got me Ives! Can’t believe I fell for it, though…
Funnier than your caption attempts!
Funny man. To help Bruce with some humility I wish it was true.
lol, worst April Fools joke I’ve seen… it’ll be Pekerman for sure if they haven’t signed anyone yet.
Ives,
you son of a b#@%^$. Very nicely played. Second only to Bart Simpsons shaking of Homers beer on April fools, and Opie and Anthony’s rumor that the mayor of Boston was killed in a car crash… I thought for a second the Mexican Federation was beginning to let go of its monstrous prideful ego, thank god it hasn’t!!!
D*mn you got me too Ives, I couldn’t believe it but my blood pressure kicked up for a second. Nice one…
OK, you had me for about a second Ives. Nice.
Love it.
lol you had me Ives…Good one
my jaw hit the floor when i first saw this… well played, sir
lol ives. you got me!
They should give John O’Brien the job. Where is he by the way?
F%^#$^$@#%#$T#$T#$^TY%RY%TYE YOU!!! LOL!
Donovan signing with Valencia would be so far-fetched no one would believe it. No big european clubs are interested in Donovan.
You got me, man did i have mix reactions. First, I was shocked, 2nd I was just about to text the news to my soccer list of friends, 3rd i was happy for Bruce, 4th, i said “ahh shi*, now they got a chance to beat us” because Bruce knows all about us.
I totally bought this and was pissed about it. At the very least Arena being coach of Mexico would make them much harder for the US to beat, I dont know if it would make them any better in any other way, but they’d be tougher for the US just because he knows the players so well.
That is funny. I forgot what day it was today and totally bought it.
Ives, quit playing games with my heart.
Nice one, Ives, I started laughing as soon as I saw the title.
Now what would have gotten me is…”DC to perform an RSL-like emergency ground greaking on new stadium this afternoon”
NO MAMES!!!!