Bob isn’t going anywhere

It's official: Bob Bradley is staying on as head coach of the U.S. soccer.

On Monday Aug. 30 U.S. soccer agreed to a contract extension to the end of 2014.

I'm actually pretty stoked that Bradley is staying with the team and here's why:

He led the team to a first place finish in the group stage of the 2010 World Cup.  The U.S. hasn't been able to do that since 1930. 

U.S. soccer is still developing and, in order for it to be successful it needs consistent coaching.  If you have a team that's constantly changing coaches, all you'll have is a team with no real sense of direction. Teams without direction don't win games.

Bradley is perfect for this team because he knows the U.S. game and what U.S. athletes need to succeed.  Yeah, it might sound like a dumb reason, but so far no foreign-coached team has ever won a World Cup.

The bottom line is the team will only be playing friendlies. So really this is the time to call upon young, untested players to see what they are capable of at the world stage, and who better to do that than Bradley.