The New England Revolution have hired Brad Friedel as their new head coach, according to Ives Galarcep of Goal.com.
Friedel, 46, played goalkeeper for the Columbus Crew in 1996 and 1997 before spending 18 years in the Premier League and was the starting keeper for the United States National Team in the 2002 World Cup. He has spent the last two years coaching the United States Under-19 National Team.
The Revs fired head coach Jay Heaps and September and Tom Soehn filled in as interim head coach for the remainder of the season.