Michael Bradley helped drag a franchise that had been the league's doormat since coming on board in 2007 into first respectability and then success.
, opened up Friday about his love for the city and the club, the debt to his family and his excitement at transitioning to the coaching ranks down the line.
“I remember when I first got here, people looking at me like I was crazy. Asking if I was crazy,” he said recalling January 2014 when he joined a franchise that had gone 6-17-11 the season before and never made the playoffs. “And obviously you had others who just thought that I was packing it in early and taking a big paycheque.“I said to people at the time that wasn’t true.
Usually the first at the training ground, Bradley set the tone with his professionalism and high standards. “I’d say that for the last few months I was 99.9 percent sure that I was going to retire at the end of the year,” he added. “But obviously when you get to the end, it’s a little bit like time to put you money where your mouth is. And with something like this, that’s way easier said than done.Bradley was complimentary towards Herdman, saying the former Canada coach has been “extremely respectful with me. Honest, open, candid. And not just him, his staff.
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