Former U.S. nationwide workforce midfielder Benny Feilhaber was employed Monday as coach of the Oakland Roots of the United Soccer League’s second-tier Championship.
Coach Gavin Glinton was fired earlier Monday after the workforce opened its league schedule with three wins, seven losses and one tie. The Roots additionally misplaced their opening match within the U.S. Open Cup to Tacoma within the third spherical.
The 40-year-old Feilhaber scored two objectives in 44 worldwide appearances from 2007-17 and was a part of the American workforce on the 2010 World Cup, showing in three matches instead.
His tiebreaking purpose on a 22-yard volley broke a 73rd-minute tie and lifted the U.S. over Mexico 2-1 within the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup remaining.
Born in Brazil and a graduate of UCLA, Feilhaber performed for Hamburg, Derby, Aarhus, New England, Kansas Metropolis and LAFC throughout a membership profession from 2006-19.
Since retiring as a participant, he has been an assistant coach at UCLA, Kansas Metropolis under-17 coach and head coach of Sporting KC II in third-tier MLS Subsequent Professional.
Feilhaber got here out of retirement to play for the fourth-tier Omaha Menace when it beat Sporting KC II by 2-1 within the first spherical of the Open Cup on March 19, and he transformed a penalty kick in a 2-1 loss to Union Omaha within the second spherical on April 2.
