Juan Carlos Osorio
Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Osorio Arbelaez
Date of birth	June 8, 1962 (1962-06-08) (age 47)
Place of birth	Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia
Playing position	Football Manager
Teams managed
1998-1999 2000-2001 2001-2006 2006-2007 2007 2008-2009 2010-	Staten Island Vipers (assistant) MetroStars (assistant) Manchester City (assistant) Millonarios Chicago Fire New York Red Bulls Once Caldas
* Appearances (Goals)

Juan Carlos Osorio The Recreacionist (born June 8, 1962 in Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda), is a Colombian football manager and former football player who began his career in 1980 with Deportivo Pereira. He most recently coached the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.

Osorio holds a diploma in Science and Football from Liverpool John Moores University, a UEFA "A" coaching license from the English FA, and a coaching certificate from the Royal Netherlands Football Association. He graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 1990 with a B.A. in Exercise Science.

Contents 1 Assistant Manager 2 Millonarios 3 Chicago Fire 4 New York Red Bulls 5 External links

[edit] Assistant Manager

Juan Carlos Osorio began his coaching career during the 1998-1999 season joining the Staten Island Vipers as assistant coach/conditioning coach. He would then join the MetroStars staff during the 2000 season under Octavio Zambrano. He would go on to join Manchester City as the conditioning coach in June 2001.

[edit] Millonarios

In 2006, he started his career as a manager when he was hired by Millonarios. The Colombian led the Bogotá-based club to an 11-6-7 record during the 2007 Finalizacion (closing) season and a fourth place finish out of 18 teams in the Mustang Cup.

[edit] Chicago Fire

In July 2007 he left the club to lead the MLS side Chicago Fire. He took over a last-place team and led them to a playoff qualification. He then helped Chicago orchestrate a first-round series victory against D.C. United, which entered the playoffs with the best record in MLS. On December 10, 2007 the Chicago Fire announced that Osorio had resigned his post due to family reasons.

[edit] New York Red Bulls

Osorio was hired by the New York Red Bulls on December 18, 2007. The decision came after the Red Bulls and Fire reached an agreement on compensation for Osorio. The Red Bulls had an up and down season in Osorio's first season in charge of the club. After a promising start, the club qualified for the playoffs on the final day of the season. However, in the Playoffs Osorio would lead the club to their first ever MLS Cup Final. On the way they defeated defending Champion Houston Dynamo (4-1 on aggregate), and in the Western Conference final defeated Real Salt Lake 1-0, before falling 3-1 to Columbus Crew in the final. In his second season with the club Osorio guided the club to one of the worst records in league history, 2-16-4. Overall his stay at the club was extremely disappointing. In two seasons at the club Osorio was 12-27-13, the worst mark in the league during that period of time. The club also suffered an embarrassing set-back under Osorio when they were eliminated by W Connection in the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League. Due to mounting pressure, Osorio resigned from his post as coach of the New York Red Bulls on August 21, 2009.

[edit] External links

• Profile on Red Bull New York's official website.
• Profile on the Chicago Fire's official website.
• Profile on Manchester City FC's official website.

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v • d • e Chicago Fire – Managers Bradley (1998–02) · Sarachan (2003–07) · Osorio (2007) · Hamlett (2008–)

v • d • e MetroStars / New York Red Bulls – Managers Firmani (1996) · Queiroz (1996) · Parreira (1996–97) · Mondelo (1998) · Milutinović (1998–99) · Zambrano (1999–2002) · Bradley (2002–05) · Johnston (2005–06) · Williams (2006) · Arena (2006–07) · Osorio (2007–09) · Williams (2009–)