Union rent Bradley Carnell as new head coach

For the primary time in 11 years, the Philadelphia Union can have a brand new head coach on the sidelines.

Bradley Carnell has been named the Union’s new head coach heading into the 2025 MLS season, the membership introduced. Carnell most not too long ago served as head coach of St. Louis CITY SC in 2023-24 and brings 10 years {of professional} teaching expertise to the desk.

Bradley has the attributes we had been searching for in a supervisor and the expertise wanted as we decide to getting again to our id as a crew,” mentioned Philadelphia Union Sporting Director Ernst Tanner. “With data of each MLS and worldwide markets, he’s tactically astute and aligned with our sporting technique. His strategy emphasizes a high-press type of play whereas organizing a structured protection. Moreover, he shares the membership’s imaginative and prescient for growing gamers. We’re assured he’ll convey a transparent sporting philosophy that elevates the crew and delivers a aggressive season. We sit up for welcoming him to Philadelphia.”

The 47-year-old Carnell was St. Louis CITY SC’s inaugural head coach, registering a 22-15-25 in common season play. St. Louis led the Western Convention common season standings in 2023.

Previous to his transfer to Missouri, Carnell served as assistant supervisor and interim head coach of the New York Crimson Bulls from March 2017-January 2022. He helped information the Crimson Bulls to the 2018 Supporters’ Protect.

As a participant, Carnell earned 42 caps with the South Africa males’s nationwide crew, that includes on the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

The Union are coming off a disappointing 2024 season which noticed longtime head coach Jim Curtin fired final fall. Philadelphia failed to achieve the MLS Cup Playoffs