Hoffenheim head coach Pellegrino Matarazzo has said he would be interested in one day coaching the U.S. men’s national team.
Matarazzo, a New Jersey native, won plaudits for his work as Stuttgart head coach — his first full-time managerial role — as he led the club to promotion and then maintained its Bundesliga status for two seasons before he was sacked earlier this campaign.
The 45-year-old was then hired by relegation-threatened Hoffenheim in February and after a rocky start, has now guided the club to three wins and a draw in its past four games to sit 13th in the table.
Speaking to ESPN after a 1-1 draw with table-topping Bayern on Saturday, Matarazzo was asked about the USMNT job and responded that he had a desire to “give back” to the game in his home country.
“We’ll see where this (Hoffenheim) job takes me,” the coach said. “I’m open for many paths, At the moment I’m very happy to be here in the Bundesliga. At some point, I do feel like it’s time to give back to soccer in the States but when that time will be we’ll see.”
Anthony Hudson is currently serving as interim USMNT head coach after Gregg Berhalter’s contract expired at the end of 2022. U.S. Soccer has said that due to its desire to hire a sporting director first, a permanent USMNT coach may not be in place until the end of the summer.
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