What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too.

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Thomas Dooleyis a former soccer player and coach. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder and was a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team.

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If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

What we are missing over here is the life of soccer.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

People have to pay a lot of money to play soccer here.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

I want to spend more time with those kids. I want to dedicate my time to train those kids and teach them what it takes, what they need to do to get to this level.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

I have one of the most beautiful places in the world in Orange County. That’s a great place to live.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

The other thing is I don’t want to move any more. I have moved so many times in my life.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

In Europe, it’s different – you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

A lot of kids do not know my club exists yet. I did not do any big advertising, and that’s what I might do in the next two or three weeks, put something in the paper.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

If I am taking a job, I really want to do it 100% on a daily basis, and that’s not what I can do right now.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

What is different is I am giving the kids a chance to train every day. Not only once a day, but sometimes when they do not have school, we will try to do something in the morning too.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

One is my club, I want to develop those players, and I want to be in the beginning at least, until I have everything ready, I want to spend as much time to develop those kids as possible.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager

I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to.

Thomas Dooley

German-American association football player and manager