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Season 2078/79 Carling Black Label Cup MTN 8 CAF Super Cup Telkom Knockout Nedbank Cup DSTV Premiership CAF Champions League Squad & Transfers This is the final squad we leave at Kaizer Chiefs. A lot of great performances from the boys this season. Transfer wise this season we just tried to replace what we lost, the likes of Meza and Heriat were the more talented players we were able to bring in. Manager Thoughts We ended up winning, two domestic cups, the CAF Super Cup, the league and the Champions League and all that added together is just enough to pass us through this stage. In fact we leave the club before we play the final league fixture of the season. South Africa ended up being a bit harder than I imagined, mostly because we had to start from the bottom and work our way up. Hopefully next leg will not require us to do that. We have seemingly mostly gotten our reputation back to where it was. The next leg is not a golden leg, so only 500 points required and we will be venturing to SA4 and South America as we tackle Colombia and Peru. CAF1 & AFRICA COMPLETE Manager Profile Summary

Season 2077/78 Carling Black Label Cup MTN 8 Telkom Knockout Nedbank Cup DSTV Premiership CAF Champions League Squad and Transfers Well there has been plenty of business this year and we struggle to keep some players for a full season before we get an offer and they are going elsewhere. That is the story for a lot of guys in the team and it will continue into next season as you can see from the screenshot the Trn and Bid status for some of the players. In terms of performances, I can't overlook Liesering this year with 44 goals and Mayo and Makhanya have also been great for us. Manager Thoughts It has been a very good season that has brought us a lot of points, as we captured two cups, the league and the Champions League. The Champions League registration is bugged just like it was in North America (apparently it is a known bug to SI), so it was even more impressive that we were able to run roughshod over everyone else in Africa to win our maiden title. The plans are the same for next season and try and win everything we can in South Africa and Africa. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2076/77 Despite the league win with Chippa United, it was still clear that it was going to be difficult to continue any kind of high level performance with a side like that, so when both Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs sacked their managers we decided to put our hat into the ring, we were interviewed by both clubs and we opted to go with Kaizer Chiefs, who I felt were just a touch better prepared. The goal was to win everything we could, and ultimately this was something the club had not been doing recently so we would potentially be under pressure unless we could hit the ground running. Carling Black Label Cup This is the equivalent of the Super Cup I believe in South Africa and our first competitive game in charge of Kaizer Chiefs and things did not go to plan. MTN8 We would get on the board with the Chiefs, when we went all the way in the MTN8. 30 points in the bag. Telkom Knockout We would do the same in the Telkom Knockout as we bagged ourselves another 30 points. Nedbank Cup It would be a hat-trick of cups as we brought home the Nedbank Cup. We had to overcome some spirited opponents such as JDR Stars and Sundowns that took us to extra time, but we got the job done. This is the main cup in South Africa so it worth 50 points to us. DSTV Premiership We looked good value for the league all season and really in the end there was no one who was going to stop us, we always followed up a loss with a win this season and that optimised the team the league, every time we got knocked back we just kept it going. 100 points for the league win. Squad & Transfers We ended up losing a lot of players as the season went on to min fee release clauses, which seem to be my bane everywhere I go, but we would always replace with the best available and that was the advantage of a team like the Kaizer Chiefs we have the money and the players are happy to come here. In terms of performances Belkacem ended up kind of creeping on me as the best player. I suspect it would have been players like Mkhawanzi who might have scored more goals or had a better rating but of everyone left he was the guy. Preston was also very good this season, he hit a patch where he could not stop scoring multiple goals each game but they dried up a bit. All in all a good squad for this level. Manager Thoughts I feel like for the first time we are making real progress in South Africa, as we find our way to one of the big boys and we will be in the CAF Champions League next season and perhaps we can earn some big points. I mean this season has been good and we picked up a serious load of points for all the cups and the league title that we won, but we are after continental success. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2075/76 The interesting journey that has been South Africa continued, as mentioned before. Chippa United's manager had gone to Sundowns who were having a really bad season and this allowed us to take the job. The club were in first place in the league, rather surprisingly and the board didn't think that would last, so wanted us to make sure we finished in the top half. Our goal was to hopefully continue the run and win the league if we could. Nedbank Cup We were knocked out of the Nedbank Cup as soon as we could losing to 2nd division side Maritzburg United, althout we played a slightly weakened side, it was still disappointing. DSTV Premiership We managed to survive the late push from SuperSport United to take the league title. At the end of the season it involved going to SuperSport and getting something out of the game as well as beating Orlando Pirates, but we managed to pull it off. That's our first 100 points in South Africa on the board and boy has it taken some time to achieve. Squad & Transfers A lot of the football that was played was under a different manager, so I won't be singling out anyone particularly, but Myeni has been absolutely brilliant this season with 49 goals and he already had a lot of them before we arrived. It's a decent side, but certainly not a side that should be winning the league. In terms of transfers we were involved in bringing Dhladhla and Heukile to the club, just particular players that I felt we needed to play our chosen formation. Manuel and Gurnede left. In the case of Manuel we had no choice and Gurnede allowed us to get in Heukile. As mentioned a good side, but by no means world beaters. It has been an amazing achievement from the players, the previous manager and I guess to finish it off us as well. Manager Thoughts Finally some points on the table, and I will not rule out another move, if I can get to a more fancied side. I am not sure that we will be super competitive with Chippa United, this has been one of the weirdest seasons with Sundowns all over the place and Chippa doing as well as they did even before we arrived on the scene. At least we are on the board, and if we do stay we can have a Champions League run, but I don't think this team will be very competitive in that competition. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2075/76 Telkom Knockout We featured in the Telekom Knockout, and what would you know we were immediately knocked out, although we certainly gave a good account of ourselves, taking Orlando Pirates to penalties DSTV Premiership So the observant will see that, the league season is not even halfway through and I am presenting the result. This means that we are leaving Polokwane, and I will explain in the Thoughts section what is going on. In terms of the performance in the league, I am pretty happy, we were predicted to finish dead bottom, and not have any chance, so we have actually produced some decent results and sit in a rather comfortable 9th position. There was a time between September and early November where it looked like the wheels had come off and we were about to be destroyed every week but we got through and now we have some good form. But this team is never going to challenge for the title it is as simple as that, or rather it would require some serious time investment from me to make that happen. Squad & Transfers There is not too much to say regarding the transfers, the majority of them were not up to the standard but better than what we had so we did what we could and even then the budget was extremely restrictive to even bring in the best of a bad bunch that were available to us. Nothing jumps off the page looking at the players, it has been a team effort to keep us afloat this year. Manager Thoughts Right so what has happened. Well as you can see Sundowns are fighting for their lives. I have no idea why they have been so bad, but they are a few results away from being in a relegation battle. I applied for the job and they laughed me out of the room as I haven't won more Champions Leagues on other continent that could fill a mansion. But regardless, they rejected and opted for someone else. The other person they opted for admitedly is doing amazingly because Chippa United were expected to be somewhere down the bottom with us, nowhere near as bad as us but still not expected to challenge for the league, but they are flying high in first place, four points clear of Kaizer Chiefs. Well what happened was Sundowns got the Chippa United manager and I went for the Chippa United job and we got it. So bizarrely we are leaving for the club that are top of the table, which I will definately take. No watch me mess up their season and end up mid-table... Manager Profile Summary

Season 2074/75 Nedbank Cup The Nedbank Cup was just a distraction for us to be honest and we exited in the second round to Richards Bay. GladAfrica Championship It was a tightly contested league season, as no one could run away with it, and it was a three horse race with ourselves, Black Leopards and Richards Bay all vying for top spot after Maritzburg United fell away, eventually we were able to put together some consistency especially towards the end of the season that just tipped it ever so slightly in our favour and we were able to win the league and get promotion to the top division. Squad We were not able to make many additions to the team, because we are doing quite badly financially and there is very little wiggle room, so we had to mostly make do with what we had and little additions I was able to make. Cole Cele was the standout for us this season in almost every area, as he bagged a load of goals, got a load of assists and was generally the best player on the field for us. Going forward he is the only play that we know we would like to keep on and have already extended his contract for another year, everyone else, will have be looked at and we will see whether there is now anything we can do in the transfer market. Judging by the budgets which are barely more than what we already have I would doubt it. Transfers Jane and Mtshai were two loan deals we were able to sort out, Mtshai eventually was pulled by the club because we were not playing him in his required role but Jane was an ever present. Zuma as well was an important cog in front of the back four and he was a useful addition. Maseti was bought but Golden Arrows wanted him to stay with us on loan for the remainder of the season and we obliged since we could use the bodies anyway. Manager Thoughts Well this is not how we wanted South Africa to be, but we have at least achieved stage one of what we now needed to do at the first time of asking and that was to get a seat at the big boys table. Now I think as long as we can pull a couple of rabbits out of the hat, then we may be getting the move that we always wanted. This has actually been really detrimental to us going forward because our reputation has been tarnished from moving to such a small club, and hopefully it something we can at least partially repair before we leave Africa. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2073/74 South Africa had already turned into a nightmare and a football hadn't even been kicked as we sat on the sidelines forerver waiting for a job. Now this was different to other times, such as Canada where simple manager's just weren't sacked, but this was something that happened in my story before, where around about this point in the challenge (last time it was when I arrived in Mexico), for whatever reason our reputation makes no difference to any of the clubs and they won't even entertain an interview with us. We didn't get a single interview with a top club, even almost already relegated teams. Absolutely no idea why, but it always seem to happen about this far into the challenge. Anyway because of this we had to readjust our expectation and eventually we did get a job right at the end of the season. It was with Polokwane City in Championship, and we only had three games to play and nothing to play for, not even positions. Well this is going to make South Africa a lot longer I know that. The plan is to look for promotion and then hopefully if we can overperform in the top division then someone should give us a shot from the big boys. GladAfrica Championship We only had the final three games so two wins and a loss 2nd place Black Leopards is not bad. We will build for next season and see if we can't push for promotion. Squad There is not a lot to say at this point, none of these guys are going to be particularly good in the top division so we just need to add the right pieces where we can, hopefully push for promotion and then rebuild again. Transfers Manager Profile Summary

Season 2070/71 Campeon de Campeones We started the season off with the Super Cup win against Chivas 4-1 to give us another 15 points. Leagues Cup We went all the way in the Leagues Cup to finish off this leg and the whole continent. With these 200 points, that is enough to finish this all off. Our run was actually pretty exemplary as we won every game to the final, not relying on extra time or penalties on the way to the title. Liga MX Apertura Very early days in the league, and lots of games in hand, but we are perfect through the five games we have played. Obviously the leagues is a bit academic now. Squad This is the final squad that I leave the Cruz Azul faithful. I think there is a great blend of great young players and older more experienced veterans. I think this team could do great things for some time to come in Mexico, and they have options. Although Aguilar did leave, we still have Vera and we have already knocked back bids of £65m for him, so the board could choose to keep him or cash in and potentially reinforce the whole team. In Gomez they have a great young striker, although he has been out injured this season, and the likes of Leyva, Avila, Bocanegra and Vera could have the makings of the best defence in Mexico for years to come. Transfers As mentioned we lost Aguilar to Liverpool, it is a brilliant buy for the Reds, but there was nothing we could do about it as he had his minimum fee release clause and so it was guaranteed that he would be going sooner or later. To replace him we brough in Jesus Ramirez who is a very find footballer himself from Tigres, he is no quite Aguilar but he is very close. Manager Thoughts Well finally the job is done in Mexico. We now will be heading to the only stage in Africa, which is South Africa. It will another golden leg so we will need 1,500 points to get through. Thinking back on NA1 and Mexico, I think in the end it was a pretty tough leg, and tough to dominate, but I think we in the end kind of did that with Cruz Azul and we also achieved some pretty amazing things Atletico San Luis, especially looking at their subsequent league positions since. NA1 & NORTH AMERICA COMPLETE Manager Profile Summary

Season 2069/70 Campeones Cup Another Campeones Cup for us as we beat Atlanta United 3-2, for 50 more points. Leagues Cup We managed to go all the way in the Leagues Cup this year, and we barely conceded a goal all tournament. In the end a 1-0 win against Tigres was enough for the win. 200 points added. FIFA World Club Cup We never likely to do much when this is your group and we duly lost to both PSG and Inter Milan, but at least gave them a game. The PSG game is deceptive in that we had more of the ball and more shots, but we lost anyway. Liga MX Apertura We finished 2nd in the league, and it would be Monterrey who would come along at the semi final stage and knock us out. A little disappointing. Liga MX Clausura We the Clausura we were untouchable as we dropped 2 points all regular season and then romped our way to the final and a win over Tigres. 12 points added to our total. CONCACAF Champions League We made all the way to the final of the Champions League only to lose to fellow Mexican side Leon in the final by a solitary goal, these points would have taken us over the edge and completed this leg, but sometimes you lose finals. Our final record as a a manager has been good and this one is one of the ones that just didn't go our way. Squad We still look like an awesome squad, but I believe that we will be losing Vera and Aguilar soon, as there are now some serious clubs interested in their signatures, so we may have to replace the irreplaceable next season. These two guys were great but Juarez and Gomez scored goals for fun this season within 55 and 39 goals respectively and Rodriguez continues to pull the strings from the wing. Transfers Just one signing this season and it was a big signing from Pumas to solidify the defence as much as we can. No significant players left the club this year. Manager Thoughts We were close to being done but we lost the Champions League final, still I feel it was a good season as we still made good progress towards our targets. I am pretty certain that next year will be our last with Cruz Azul, we just need a little over 100 points to complete the task. Manager Profile Summary

Would probably need a Champions League win to be sure. Not sure if we won everything else that it would be enough. But yeah off to Africa next.

Season 2068/69 Campeon de Campeones We scored an easy win the Super Cup against Leon for another 30 points. Campeones Cup We needed penalties to defeat New York City in the Campeones Cup, but they all count, another 50 points on the board. Leagues Cup We got through our group with New England and Montreal without too many issues and we made it past the East QF beating our old side New York Red Bulls, but we could not get past St Louis City in the semi final. Liga MX Apertura A good regular season saw us finish first before we played Necaxa and blew them away in the Quarter Final. Atlas did not offer much more in the semi final as we beat them handsomely over two legs to set up a final against Leon, and we managed to get two narrow wins to win the Apertura title and 50 points. Liga MX Clausura We did even better in the Clausura regular season as we lost only once on the way to finishing top of the table. First up in the QF we had Atlas, and we matched the result from the Apertura with an easy win over two legs. Rivals America were next and we gave the fans something to sing about as we beat them up over two legs to set up a final against Pumas, and the away leg more less finished the tie off, before a 1-1 draw to give us the Clausura title and 25 points. CONCACAF Champions League The group stage went well enough, despite losing to rivals America. We then went into Second Round where we played Harbour View of Jamaica, and they were easily beaten. Leon were up next and this was a tough affair. We lost away but cameback at home to narrowly get over the line. Pachuca, was a much easier affair in the semi final as we won by two goals in each game before we faced off against Tigres and won out 3-0 to win the Champions League and 500 points. Squad We spent some big money this year, and made a lot changes to make the team more competitive and it really worked. Gomez has been a revelation up front for us, Aguilar is a brilliant winger and still only 20 years old. Rodriguez continued his fantastic form of last season and was again our best player. All round this team is looking very good at the moment. Transfers We made some big signings as mentioned. Faudoa has been a starlwart across the backline and a big key part of our success. Gomez as mentioned has been key up front. Jarquin has been a bit more bit part for us, but still has contributed here and there. Telez came in as a potential starter at goalkeeper but has been kept out of net by Baigorria. Aguilar was a brilliant acquisition, he will be a Mexican superstar. Fagundez came in for the Clausura as a improvement down the left, and Soler was a replacement for Molina, who wanted a big new contract and instead we bombed him out to Toluca. The outs, apart from Molina, who I have already mentioned, Trujillo left to accommodate Gomez (there is a weird Mexican born quota), and Teixieira made way for Fagundez. The rest were really expendable players that we were happy to let go. Manager Thoughts A boatload of points, really rockets us up over the 1,000 point mark and that means we are a Champions League away from completing Mexico and North America. So next season we will see if there are any improvements to be made in the team and we will go again on all fronts. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2067/68 As mentioned Cruz Azul came in for us, after sacking their manager after the Apertura, so we would now be continuing with them for the Clausura. Liga MX Clausura After a pretty rough start, we finally found some momentum and once we did we were actually pretty bloody good. Good enough to find out way to top spot and keep it. This meant we were straight into the Quarter Finals of the playoffs. We got past Pachuca thanks to our home leg performance, before beating up rivals America to reach the final, which we won thanks to a great away performance against Tigres. We win 100 points. Can't ask for a better start. Squad Plenty of quality in the squad but it is small and this something we will be looking to fix in the coming transfer window. Juarez and Rodriguez were the standouts. Transfers We lost Montes, as he was asking to leave and had a minimum fee release clause, so when Besiktas activated it, we knew we were losing him. We replaced him with Juarez from rivals America and he worked well. That was really the only business we were involved with. Manager Thoughts It was nerve racking for the majority of the season, as the supporters were treating us as responsible for the debacle that was the Apertura when we weren't even at the club, the Clausura win should make sure we aren't sacked out of nowhere. We will look to do more damage next season on those remaining points we need. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2067/68 Liga MX Apertura Things didn't go that great considering last season improvements, as we ended up in 6th place and that meant we were back in the Prelims for the playoffs. We got past that but we could not overcome a very tough Pachuca side in the Quarter Finals Campeon de Campeones The Mexican version of the Super Cup gave us 30 points as we beat Tigres 1-0. Campeones Cup We faced off against New York City in Campeones Cup and had a large victory to claim another 50 points. Leagues Cup We had an awful group stage where we managed just one point, but fortunately that proved enough to go through with Columbus. Then we turned on some fortitude, as we beat Pachuca away, New England on penalties, Cruz Azul in the East Final before beating Tigres and Pumas. All the games away as well, which made it all the more remarkable. We collect 200 points. Squad We have only played half a season, and therefore there is not a full breakdown, but Marquez hands down has been the man in front of goal with his 16 goals. We brought him in this season and he has had the impact that I wanted him to have. Transfers Cordova was brought in a goal as a slight upgrade over Castaneda whom we let go, and as mentioned Marquez has been great in front of goal this season. Apart from the aforementioned Castaneda, the rest of the players leaving were no big loss. Manager Thoughts Well, the observant may have noticed that we have only played half a season, and the reason for that is that we are moving on from Atletico. Fundamentally this club I just felt are too small, to really kick on despite the fact that we have got some great points this season. Cruz Azul sacked their manager and they headhunted us for the job and we delayed them a bit to allow us to get knocked out by Pachuca, but now that that has happened, we have managed our final game with Atletico. Hopefully at Cruz Azul we have a little bit more drawing power to get in the right type of player. Also with Cruz Azul, obviously every competition will still be worth maximum points so that is also an added bonus for us. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2066/67 We spent a little while out of work until the first job in the Mexican top division became available. That was Atletico San Luis and they are one of the weaker sides in the league expected to finish well down the league. When we arrived at the club they were bottom of the league and the board, wanted to make sure we did not finish bottom. Since relegation is decided on average points, that was also a concern that would need to be understood. In Mexico, there is two leagues in a season, the Apertura and the Clausura, and they are treated like a league in each half, although they do depreciate one another should we win both. Liga MX Apertura A lot of the Apertura had gone when we arrived, but we did manage to get the results going in the correct direction and this even qualified us for the preliminary rounds for the championship, but we fell as the first hurdle against Cruz Azul. Liga MX Clausura We were much better in the Clausura as we managed to push all the way to third place and this gave us a berth straight into the Quarter Finals. We managed to get past Toluca in the Quarter Final and then relied on having a higher league finish to get past Pumas in the semi final. The final against Monterrey was interestingly poised going into the home game as we need to come back from 2-1 and we did it with a plomb to win the Clausura. This was huge for the club, it was the first time ever they had won either stage so the fans and the board were triumphant. For us it means 100 points, and it was a bit lucky I feel. Squad The squad is decent enough but to be honest I feel we need to improve a lot in many areas. We are just nowhere near the standard of the likes of Tigres and America, we have already started the process, by agreeing deals that will finalise next season. No one was amazing this season, Bautista was good in front of goal and Joaquin Vespa was probably the best player this season for us. Transfers Only thing I was involved with was signing Guereno and selling Chica. Manager Thoughts A decent start. Being at Atletico San Luis, is a little tough for us to make big process and I think we are probably ahead of where I expected us to be at this stage, so if we can improve the side further then perhaps we can build this team to be a perennial challenger and hopefully a force in North American football. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2065 CONCACAF Champions League The team looked better coming into the new season and it gave me a little bit of confidence, first up we had Alajuelense of Costa Rica, and we beat them in the first leg, before beating fellow American sides LAFC and New York City to set up a final against Pumas. It is worth noting that we were a bit lucky to get through both those games, needing penalties against LAFC and away goals for New York City to pass through, but for the final no such luck was needed as we smashed Pumas 4-1 to win the Champions League and book our way out of NA2 with 500 points. MLS Things had gone mostly to plan in the league before we won the Champions League as we lay top of the Eastern Conference. Squad The final squad we leave on looks like this. Transfers Gulbrandsen was the main signing this season. We also brought in Danek at the end of the last season. Mark Connell was bombed out to Austin on a trade for money and draft pick as he was causing a fuss about a new contract again. Manager Thoughts A great win in the Champions League caps off our journey here in the United States of America. We now move onto our final hurdle in North America, which is NA1 and Mexico, which will also be a golden leg. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2064 US Open Cup An early exit for us from the US Open Cup as we lost out at home to Philly at home. MLS By our pretty high standards we were pretty bad this season, as we were so inconsistent and we started the season just woefully as we lost a fair few in the early weeks. At times we did recover to look like the team from last year, but we had looked to shaky to somehow hail mary our way to the Playoff Finals and eventually rivals New York City beat us in the Conference Semi Final. Leagues Cup We were actually really good in the Leagues Cup, when at times we looked bad in the league. We were a bit lucky in a 5-5 thriller with Dallas which we won on penalties but ultimately we were able to get to the final and beat St Louis. That's another 200 points. CONCACAF Champions League We weren't even in the competition last year to defend our crown, but we were back this year on account of the year we had last year in the league, and the group stage could not have gone any better as we dispatch all in front of us to top the group. Campeones Cup We faced off against Cruz Azul in the Campeones Cup, which is a little bit like the European Super Cup, but for US and Mexican teams, and we took them to the cleaners winning 5-0. This one is additional continental competition so nets us 50 points. Squad A lot of problems with the squad this year. Despite probably being the best player for us this season, Mark Connell was also responsible for disrupting the club when he incessently moaned about a new contract, and since we have very little wiggle room when it comes to contract we had to try and placate him without giving him any extra dollars. I think one of the major reasons we were so poor in the league for parts of the early season was the bad blood that this created in the dressing room. I think we may have gotten through it, but I expect him to some back for more this season looking for an increased salary. Transfers At the time I made the transfers I was happy enough with them but I don't think any of them really panned out that well. Petrov, has been pretty poor, DIas has been poor. Baran has been decent in spells and his average rating says he has done well, but there is a problem with end product with him and Bartora, has mostly come off the bench and hasn't been particularly prolific. Manager Thoughts Despite the poor season, points wise it actually worked out very well as the Leagues Cup takes us within touching distance of the mark for this leg, and in fact a Champions League success would put us over the line early next season. We have to assume that is a long shot so we will be preparing for another tough season. Transfers have started to become increasingly tough in this league as for the first time I feel pretty ineffective with my buys, so we will have to work on that. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2063 US Open Cup We went all the way in the US Open Cup, as we found it rather easy going all the way, perhaps with the exception of the Fifth Round game against Philadelphia Union which was won by the solitary goal. 50 points on the board for us. MLS A good regular season that saw us lift the Supporter's Shield was followed with winning the Eastern Conference and the MLS Cup. We faced Seattle in the final and they did not really give us many issues as we walked to a 3-0 win. 100 points on the board. Leagues Cup Despite a very bad group stage which saw us only take 1 point, that ended up being enough to finish 2nd as Monterrey beat DC United by more than they beat us. We then faced a host of MLS sides on the way to the final where we played a derby game against New York City, and it wasn't much of a spectacle as we took them down 6-1 to win the Leagues Cup. Now strangely in North America, you enter both the Champions League and this competition and fundamentally the Leagues Cup is essentially the secondary competition in North America, so it is worth 200 points for us. CONCACAF Champions League We reconvened in the Champions League, looking to go all the way, but that looked like it was a long way to go when we lost to American in the Quarter Final first leg 2-0, but amazingly we pulled the game back in the first half of the second leg as we ended up winning 5-1 on the night. Monterrey was a tough test, that was decided by one goal in 180 minutes of football. This set up a final against Seattle, whom we would also meet in the MLS Cup, and it was a tough affair. We trailed in the second half but we managed to get an equaliser 20 minutes before the end of the game, and in extra time, we managed to get the winner through Connell. 500 points on the board, our 10th Champions League win as a manager and our first in North America. Squad This is a squad that I felt overperformed this season, as we got barely anything that I wanted to do done in the transfer market on account of our salary cap issues. Connell, Ndour and Vargas got the goals. Vargas and Ndour will likely be leaving, the former wants to go for a new challenged and to be honest he is getting a little old. I have had offers for him but did not want him to leave before we played the crunch games in the league but we will look to let him go. Ndour, I would have kept, but he had signed last signed on a 1 year deal and he wanted too much money, and eventually Galatasaray came in for him so he is already leaving. Elsewhere Auston Bean has been briliant this season as he rolls back the years on his career. Transfers As mentioned we got barely anything done, in the end all we could do was get some budget signings into the club. In fairness they have all been great for us. Ndour has been scoring the goals and has really played well. Oyedele came into the club as a backup but cemented his place as first team goalkeeper now and has already been called up to the Nigerian national team this season, and we opted to go after an old face that we had at Forge FC in Leo, and he has done very well for us, handling the step up rather nicely. Next season hopefully we can do a little more in the transfer market, but I think it may be difficult, just the way the salary cap works, unless you can keep people wage controlled and get rid of the players who you don't want, the salary cap does not go a long way at all. Manager Thoughts A massive haul of points this season as we go from zero to over halfway in golden leg in just one season. The fact that there are so many points on offer obviously was key to this but we did amazingly to win every tournament we entered. We have no Champions League football next season due to how low we finished last season in the league, so we will have to make do with the domestic honours and the Leagues Cup next season. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2062 We had to wait until about halfway through the MLS season before a job became available, and the first club available was New York Red Bulls. They are one of the better sides in MLS, but were having a tough start to the season. The board wanted us to get us back up the table and that was a daunting idea considering we looked well out of playoff contention. The MLS is the league and we will only get 100 points if we win the playoffs, the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is the main cup competition and it is worth 50 points. There is a of course the Champions League, but American teams also enter the Leagues Cup, which from what I can see is essentially the secondary competition in North America, so it will be worth 200 points for winning the Leagues Cup. US Open Cup Already knocked out when we joined the club MLS We did pretty well to get the final playoff spot, which required us to go on a bit of run at the end of the season. We actually went pretty deep in the playoffs, getting all the way to Eastern Conference Final but we lost out narrowly to eventual winners New England Revolution. Unfortunate for us, but we are showing some promise. Leagues Cup We were involved in the League Cup, and we got to East Final, which something similar to the Quarter Final stage. Unfortunately we lost out on penalties to Mexican outfit Santos Laguna. CONCACAF Champions League We were not able to automatically qualify. I felt we were a little unlucky against Toronto and that meant we would need something against a tough America side. However we could get into the next proper round via the backdoor and we did just that beating Canada's Pacific and Chivas of Mexico to qualify for the next round. Squad The squad is not too bad, but I want to make quite a few changes, whether I can do that under budget and exactly how I want we will see next season. Vargas was the best player for us and he is one that I would like to keep in the team. Transfers Plenty of business but I was only responsible for selling Cristhian Diaz to Sharjah, who was not great and on a designated contract, so that freed a spot up for us for the coming season. Manager Thoughts This is another golden leg, so we will need 1,500 points. No points this time around, but it is hard coming in half season and trying to get something done. Next season I am confident we can get the points rolling in. Manager Profile Summary

Cheers, thanks very much. It took a while but we got it done in the end.

Season 2061 We missed the 2060 season, as no jobs became available following our departure from Valour FC. At the end of the season we had two options in Atletico Ottawa and Forge FC, and we opted for Forge FC out of Hamilton, Ontario, since they had proved to be the better side during our time in Canada. The board wanted us to be in the playoffs, so that is what we looked to do. Canadian Championship It was a tough road to win this Canadian Championship having to take out all the Canadian MLS sides, but somehow we managed to do, firstly beating Montreal handsomely, then relying on a comeback against Toronto, before a 1-0 win against Vancouver sealed it for us. 50 points in the bag for us. Canadian Premier League We were pretty weird this season as at the start of the season, we were drawing as much as we were winning but, we were not losing. Eventually we would go on to lose our only game of the season late in the season against Cavalry, but by then we had sewn the regular season. The playoffs saw us take some revenge against Cavalry before we beat York United pretty easily in the final to get the remaining 100 points we needed to progress from this leg. Squad Ricardo Isaacs was the man for us as he bagged himself 37 goals in all competitions. Leo, the only signing I made was the assist man for us this season. Transfers The only signing was Leo from Brazilian side Resende on a free transfer. Manager Thoughts One season at Forge FC, was all we finally needed to complete Canada as we take the double to advance into NA2 and The United States of America and the MLS. NA3 COMPLETE Manager Profile Summary

Season 2059 Canadian Championship Vancouver saw to it, that we would not proceed beyond the quarter final stage. Canadian Premier League We were pretty average I felt this season as we were very inconsistent all season, but we did do enough to win the regular season and then despite going behind to Cavalry in the first leg, we battled right back in the first half of the second leg to muster our way to the final where we again defeated Forge who must be getting pretty tired of our face. Another 50 points for us. CONCACAF Champions League We may as have not turned up. Nowhere near this level of football. Squad As you know our squad is ridiculously large because we do not have a youth team so these where the players who actually played. Again Harvey and Bradford were the standouts as they again kept us going with their goals. Transfers Nothing much here. Sold Jason Thomas who didn't fit in tactically with our system. Manager Thoughts This is my final season at Valour, as I just do not see the point in continuing here, we would be better off getting another club and hopefully getting closer to the target.We now move on now to a new challenge, as we look to beat Canada. A league and cup elsewhere would now be enough, but as we know the cup is a real tough task. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2058 Upon leaving York United, the only job that was already available was Valour, in Winnipeg and after a successful interview we got the job. Valour as we have seen over our time in Canada are one of the better teams. The board where expecting us to reach the playoffs and that was certainly my goal as well. Canadian Championship Our cup run ended with MLS side Toronto. A decent performance all around but not enough to see them off. Canadian Premier League It was a very good first season we put together but it all looked like it would end at the hands of our former club York United in the semi final of the playoffs. A heavy 3-0 loss made us massive outsiders, bringing it back home, but we were amazing and in the last 15 minutes of the match we pulled off something truly memorable as we came through 4-0 winners. In the final we would face old established foe Forge, and we managed to eventually get the better of them in extra time, winning 2-1, to give us 100 points. Squad Valour have no youth set up, so we end up with this mess. I think the highlight for me was the front two Havey and Bradford, who got plenty of goals to get us out of plenty of jams. Certainly it is a cut below what we had at York United, but still extremely efficient. Transfers No major business just replacing centre back Garland who was LA Galaxy bound for De Santis, who looked a good young talent that could come into the team. Manager Thoughts I think we were a bit fortunate to win the league after the first leg display against York United, but we managed to produce a fifteen minute spell that got us through and again we managed to get through Forge. That now leaves us on 300 points and we are past the halfway mark of this leg. We will definitely be staying with Valour for another season and seeing what we can do and then we may have to think again about moving on elsewhere. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2057 Canadian Championship It certainly wasn't not easy, but we managed to go all the way in the Canadian Championship as we beat MLS side Montreal in the Qualifying round before wins against Cavalry and Valour set us up against another MLS side in Vancouver, and it required a great home leg to give us the cup. Another 50 points for us. Canadian Premier League We were absolutely all over the place this season. We lost the opening game to Forge 7-1 and lost to them again later in the season 5-1 as well. We also had another 5-1 loss to Valour as we just seemed all over the place at times, especially in the early part of the season. Forge duly went on and won the regular season, but we managed to get our way to the final beating Atletico Ottawa over two legs, before we absolutely blind robbed Forge in the final, as we were dominated in the game, but while we bent we did not break and found ourselves a goal as well to somehow win a second league title. Honestly it was probably the weirdest season I have yet experienced, but we got the job done. Another 50 points for us. CONCACAF Champions League We were completely outclassed in the Champions League, a 1-1 draw at Portland was the best it ever got for us as we finished bottom of the group and the losers playoff, provided us no route to continue in the tournament. As expected we are far below this level. Squad Mario Costa was still the main man, but it was a far more human season from him as he averaged just below 8. He still bagged 41 goals this season, so it was still amazing. Samuel Sutton produced a fair bit this season and it was good to see. Transfers Barely any business this season, perhaps that is why we seemed to take a step back, but there really wasn't anyone that I felt we could get that would improve us much, and we are already over budget anyway. Manager Thoughts Well, we were not that great this season and we needed a bit of luck in the league, and somehow we came away with two trophies. I think it is now time to move on from York United, as the diminishing returns will start getting pretty hefty as we go along, and I perhaps feel we lost a step this season and I wonder where it might go next season. At the moment I don't know who the next club are but hopefully it will be a team we can instantly compete with. Manager Profile Summary

Season 2056 Canadian Championship Despite the first round knockout, we can be reasonably happy considering we took an MLS side all the way to penalties. Does not give us any points but some respect was earned. Canadian Premier League We felt like a completely different team this season, as we walked the regular season as no one could really live with us. However in Canada, it all comes down to what you can do in the post season and after disposing of Cavalry, we required penalties against Forge, to see us through. We were hampered with a red card in the final, but we managed to keep the game level and in the end we got to lift the trophy and get our first 100 points on the board. Squad Well there is a name that jumps out and that new signing Mario Costa, who scored 45 goals and averaged a Messi like 8.41. He was absolutely incredible this season and pretty much changed our fortunes alone. He actually kind of came in, with a little bit of reticence from me because I did not really think striker was a big problem as we had options available, but he has gone from strength to strength this season. Transfers Two signings for us this season. Bennounda, who was stalwart but was a little underwhelming and Costa, who was a minor league Messi this year. The two outs where inconsequential to us and would never have played. Manager Thoughts A good season for us as we set down a marker of our intentions. We should now be involved in North American football next season, but I don't give us a prayer of competing which will mean we will need to consider where our next move might be especially if we can win another league title. Cavalry have sacked their manager twice now in successive seasons so that may well be a place we may look, if they have an underwhelming season. Manager Profile Summary

Yep, we are officially in the North American continent now.