Report: Canadian men’s coach Herdman lead candidate for Toronto FC job

Canadian nationwide males’s soccer staff coach John Herdman is taken into account the highest candidate to develop into head coach of Toronto FC, The Athletic’s Joshua Kloke and Tom Bogert report.

Herdman guided Canada to the World Cup for the primary time since 1986 final 12 months, however a dispute between the gamers and Canada Soccer has led to nasty infighting and organizational issues because the spot was booked final March.

Canada went 0-3 on the Qatar World Cup.

If Herdman takes the TFC job, he’d be leaving a gig with a staff that has already certified for the 2026 World Cup as a co-host with the United States and Mexico.

The Athletic says Herdman’s representatives contacted TFC to specific curiosity within the function.

Herdman blasted Canada Soccer after the staff misplaced the Nations League closing to the United States, saying Canada is “not serious” about successful the World Cup.

TFC fired head coach Bob Bradley in late June, naming Terry Dunfield interim coach.

According to the report, others in competition for the Toronto job embrace Mark Warburton of Queen’s Park Rangers, D.C. United assistant Carl Robinson, and Bobby Smyrniotis of CPL membership Forge FC.

Toronto is on a 10-match winless streak in MLS play and sits second-last within the Eastern Conference standings.

Herdman was coach of the Canadian ladies’s staff earlier than taking the boys’s job in 2018. He guided the ladies’s staff to 2 bronze medals on the Olympics.