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Egypt’s coach Bob Bradley from the U.S. watches his team play during a friendly soccer match between the Lebanese and Egyptian national teams, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday May 11, 2012. Egypt won 4-1.

This article is pretty good.

Bradley’s decision to stand together with the masses is of a piece with the choice he made upon taking the Egypt job in the first place. Some coaches would have considered living in Europe — Bradley’s son, Michael, plays in Italy for Chievo — but that wasn’t a realistic option, he says, after he visited Cairo and accepted the job.

“I came away with a sense that to do this job right meant you needed to be part of the life here, needed to get to know people here, needed to understand what the culture was about,” Bradley says. “It wouldn’t work if you thought you could live somewhere else and just fly in for camps.” Nor would the Bradleys live in gated compounds in greater Cairo, where he decided you would always feel like a visitor. Instead they chose to live in a neighborhood in central Cairo.

Could Bradley have taken a job in which politics is more entwined with sports? Probably not. Egypt is still in the transition stage of a revolution, one in which young soccer ultras — many of them connected to Al-Ahly — played a significant role in the ouster of former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. Martial law still exists, and the country’s military rulers have come under harsh criticism for the lack of security around the stadium violence and subsequent Cairo street protests (which have left a dozen more dead).

bendawson:

Goodbye, Bob.

ROB WIDDIS/Spcl to DFP Head coach Bob Bradley watches the team as they run on the field. (via U.S. practices for Gold Cup 6/5 | freep.com | Detroit Sports | Detroit Free Press)

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schmiss:

This picture never fails to make me laugh

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heythereivannah:

Hahaha, he looks like he’s in trouble.

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thegreatclintdempsey:

spanishwire:

WE KNOW HE’S YOUR DAD, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SHAVE YOUR HEAD TO PROVE IT

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