USA interim coach Anthony Hudson not thinking about future
CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. — United States men's soccer interim coach Anthony Hudson said he hasn't given any thought to whether he'd be interested in taking on the job permanently.
Hudson has been serving as interim manager since predecessor Gregg Berhalter's contract expired at the end of last year. Since then, he has overseen a 2-1 loss to Serbia, a 0-0 draw against Colombia — both friendlies — and Friday's 7-1 demolition of Grenada in the CONCACAF Nations League.
There is no indication from U.S. Soccer that Hudson is a candidate for the job, one that will only be filled once the vacant sporting director job is filled as well. And Hudson seemed well aware of the fact that he may be merely keeping the seat warm for whoever will take over.
«I haven't thought about it,» Hudson said about the job on a Zoom call with reporters. «I'm just taking it a camp at a time and it's a unique situation. I will just take it — again — a day at time. I explained before about it, that I'll do my best, and I feel I have enough experience to know how to do the right thing now for these games and also have one eye on to do what's right for the team for the long term.
»I feel I have the experience and capability to do that, but that's all I'm doing. I'm just doing my job. I say to myself every day when I say to people, laugh to people around me, 'It's just a day at a time.' So we'll see how things play out."
The U.S. currently sits atop Group D, two points clear of El Salvador, ahead of Monday's group stage finale between the sides at Orlando's Exploria Stadium. With that lead over El Salvador, a draw will be sufficient for the U.S. to advance to the CNL semifinals in June.
While training camp in January was comprised mostly of fringe players, the