Journal Entry 1: May 18, 2020
Where Do I Even Start?
After I learned at a young age my footballing career would not be as a player, I decided to become a coach. Here in America getting into coaching at the youth level is extremely easy. Local youth sides are always looking for someone to help, so getting my career going was never an issue. However, after five years of working with kids, parents who have no knowledge of the game, and no money to show for it, I knew I had to go abroad. If I wanted a career in management it wasn’t going to come stateside.
My goal, at first, is to just find a club willing to take a punt on me. Being an American may have a negative stigma, but hey, Bob Bradley was given a shot with Swansea City and Jesse Marsch is doing wonderful things with RB Salzburg. Why can’t I be the next big thing? I know I want to start on the western side of the continent. As someone who is completely unknown I know I'll have to look in Scandinavia or maybe the lower leagues of England. I hear Greece is a beautiful country, so why not look there as well?
Now that I have my CV typed up it’s time to send out email after email. I contacted FIFA to see if anyone there could help me find a job… No response. I then took a few days to think things over. Where do I want to start? Who would give me a real shot? With all this talk about Brexit, are there certain nations I don’t even have a chance to land a job?
After reaching out to people in countries all over western Europe I learned there are a few clubs with a vacancy. The initial list of job opens is very short, but maybe a side in the third tier of Norway would be willing to talk to me. Also, Chesterfield in the National League has an opening. That is closer to a dream job at this point. Lastly, Football Club Roskilde, who currently play in the third tier in Denmark, is also worth reaching out to. Three emails have been sent. Now all I can do is sit and wait.
Where Do I Even Start?
After I learned at a young age my footballing career would not be as a player, I decided to become a coach. Here in America getting into coaching at the youth level is extremely easy. Local youth sides are always looking for someone to help, so getting my career going was never an issue. However, after five years of working with kids, parents who have no knowledge of the game, and no money to show for it, I knew I had to go abroad. If I wanted a career in management it wasn’t going to come stateside.
My goal, at first, is to just find a club willing to take a punt on me. Being an American may have a negative stigma, but hey, Bob Bradley was given a shot with Swansea City and Jesse Marsch is doing wonderful things with RB Salzburg. Why can’t I be the next big thing? I know I want to start on the western side of the continent. As someone who is completely unknown I know I'll have to look in Scandinavia or maybe the lower leagues of England. I hear Greece is a beautiful country, so why not look there as well?
Now that I have my CV typed up it’s time to send out email after email. I contacted FIFA to see if anyone there could help me find a job… No response. I then took a few days to think things over. Where do I want to start? Who would give me a real shot? With all this talk about Brexit, are there certain nations I don’t even have a chance to land a job?
After reaching out to people in countries all over western Europe I learned there are a few clubs with a vacancy. The initial list of job opens is very short, but maybe a side in the third tier of Norway would be willing to talk to me. Also, Chesterfield in the National League has an opening. That is closer to a dream job at this point. Lastly, Football Club Roskilde, who currently play in the third tier in Denmark, is also worth reaching out to. Three emails have been sent. Now all I can do is sit and wait.