2nd-tier Roots hire ex-U.S. star Feilhaber as coach

Former U.S. nationalist squad midfielder Benny Feilhaber was hired Monday arsenic manager of the Oakland Roots of the United Soccer League's second-tier Championship.

Coach Gavin Glinton was fired earlier Monday aft the squad opened its league docket with 3 wins, 7 losses and 1 tie. The Roots besides mislaid their opening lucifer successful the U.S. Open Cup to Tacoma successful the 3rd round.

The 40-year-old Feilhaber scored 2 goals successful 44 planetary appearances from 2007-17 and was portion of the American squad astatine the 2010 World Cup, appearing successful 3 matches arsenic a substitute.

His tiebreaking extremity connected a 22-yard volley broke a 73rd-minute necktie and lifted the U.S. implicit Mexico 2-1 successful the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final.

Born successful Brazil and a postgraduate of UCLA, Feilhaber played for Hamburg, Derby, Aarhus, New England, Kansas City and LAFC during a nine vocation from 2006-19.

Since retiring arsenic a player, helium has been an adjunct manager astatine UCLA, Kansas City under-17 manager and caput manager of Sporting KC II successful third-tier MLS Next Pro.

Feilhaber came retired of status to play for the fourth-tier Omaha Menace erstwhile it bushed Sporting KC II by 2-1 successful the archetypal circular of the Open Cup connected March 19, and helium converted a punishment footwear successful a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Union Omaha successful the 2nd circular connected April 2.