Thomas Dooley
Thomas Dooley
Thomas Dooleyis a retired American soccer defender and defensive midfielder, a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley is the current head coach of the Philippines national team...
dedicate kids spend teach time train
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.
When I do the job, I want to do it 100%.
career coaching germany start stay
I could stay in Germany and start my coaching career there. I did not want to.
beginning develop kids spend time until
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.
job
If I would take a job with a professional league, I need to be ready.
club exists kids might next three
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.
breathe drink eat
In Europe, it's different - you eat soccer, you breathe soccer, you drink soccer. Everything is about soccer.
beautiful great orange places
I have one of the most beautiful places in the world in Orange County. That's a great place to live.
life missing
What we are missing over here is the life of soccer.
chance giving kids morning train
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.
move moved
The other thing is I don't want to move any more. I have moved so many times in my life.
daily taking
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.
money pay people soccer
People have to pay a lot of money to play soccer here.