It’s easy to be a winner, says Marc Dos Santos. And he’d know — he’s been one everywhere he’s coached. The Whitecaps have providing him with an entirely new experience.
He joined SE Palmeiras as youth academy coordinator in 2012, and after being “destroyed” in the media who derided his hiring and likened him to a clueless donkey, he led the Brazilian club’s U-15s to their inaugural Copa do Brasil championship.
Predictably, for those who have interacted with him, Dos Santos was blunt and forthright when asked about it Tuesday: it’s by far the worst moment of his soccer career. “I’m very hungry to make this grow and to make this club better,” said Dos Santos. “It’s sleepless nights and grinding. Some things that you see … don’t worry, I see these things also.”
“When we talk in the office about how close we can get to that, there are things we can do, but there are things we can get close. If I was Nashville, I’d go and spend two weeks in LAFC and say ‘how did you do it?’” “It’s wrong to say an expansion team. That’s one of the things I learned at LAFC. It’s easier to build an expansion team than to rebuild a team.
“It’s obvious the start of the season has been difficult. But he’s been through tough situations when he’s coached at different teams. So I have confidence he’ll continue to push to get it right,” Bradley said.
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