Community Corner: Jim Curtin contract extension

Sporting Director Ernst Tanner announced on Wednesday that Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin’s contract has been extended for another two seasons.

Curtin, 40, is already the third longest tenured head coach in MLS behind two other coaches with ties to the area in Sporting Kansas City head coach and technical director Peter Vermes and D.C. United manager Ben Olsen.

Things haven’t been easy for Curtin coaching his hometown team, but he has the team in first place in July and has shown a lot more flexibility with Tanner in charge.

What are your thoughts on the extension? Have your feelings about Curtin changed over time? Think he’ll be around through the length of the deal?

Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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