Word: parreira
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brazilian coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, guided Romario, Bebeto and company to the 1994 World Cup title before taking on the challenge of American soccer this season. The Italian warhorse, Roberto Donadoni, captained his country in last summer's European Championships, backboned Italy's run to the World Cup semifinals in 1990 and won a hat-ful of European Cups with his previous club side, AC Milan...
...week, it would be really good for him," Locker concurs. "The opportunity to play and train under a coach like Parreira is fantastic, and Donadoni [who Locker met while studying AC Milan in person last spring] is a great guy, the kind of guy that Will could learn a lot from...
...player who grew up loving the fast-paced, ball-to-feet style of Brazilian samba soccer, the chance to play under Parreira is a dream come true. Kohler may just have found a niche in the brave new world of American soccer--come this summer, he'll have a very real chance to keep...
...lost 1-0 to Brazil Thursday night in Maldonado, but the team played well enough to put a scare into the Brazilians, who had never lost to the North Americans and in fact had not given up a goal to them in 65 years. As Carlos Alberto Parreira, who coached Brazil to its World Cup victory last year, says, "The U.S. is not the dead chicken that everyone used to think...
...advantage. In April, Milutinovic was relieved of his duties by the U.S. Soccer Federation, leaving the team in the hands of assistant coach Steve Sampson until a high-profile coach with international experience could be found. Among those who were approached with a $300,000 salary offer was Parreira, but he turned it down...