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导出博客文章TORONTO -- Veteran Spanish manager Benito Floro is expected to be introduced Friday as coach of the Canadian mens soccer team. Wholesale Air Max 270 Ireland . Floros appointment was reported by Marca, a Spanish national daily sports newspaper. The Canadian Soccer Association confirmed it will introduce its new coach Friday morning in Toronto but declined comment on the report or Floro. Canada has been without a full-time coach since Stephen Hart stepped down in October following the national teams humiliating exit from World Cup qualifying. Floro, 61, has a lengthy resume that includes being in charge of Spanish giant Real Madrid from 1992 to 1994. Nineteen managers have patrolled the sidelines at the Santiago Bernabeu since. Most recently he coached WAC (Wydad Athletic Club) Morocco. Other teams on his resume include Spains Villareal, Sporting Gijon, and Mallorca among others. He has also managed Monterrey in Mexico and Vissel Kobe in Japan. Floro earned headlines for leading Albacete Balompie from the third division to Spains elite league in three seasons during the early 1990s. That precipitated his hiring at Real Madrid where he led the team to second place in La Liga and the Copa Del Rey before being fired the following season. Flor fits in between Leo Beenhakker and Vicente Del Bosque in the Real Madrid managerial annals. He returned to Albacete and then Madrid in 2005 when he replaced Arrigo Sacchi as the clubs sporting director. Floro has also worked as a TV commentator. The next coach will be Canadas eighth full-time manager since Tony Waiters took the national team to the 1986 World Cup, Canadas only trip to the mens world championship. He will take over a team ranked 88th by FIFA, sandwiched between Trinidad and Tobago (which recently appointed Hart as its new manager) and the Central African Republic. With the 2014 World Cup out of the question, Canada must look ahead to the 2018 World Cup in Russia and beyond. The Canadian men are currently at the Gold Cup, the regional championship for the CONCACAF region, under interim coach Colin Miller. Reporters taking part in a Miller conference call Thursday were asked to restrict their questions to the Gold Cup. Miller has taken a young squad to the Gold Cup, with the CSA electing not to call up older players such as 35-year-old Dwayne De Rosario and 33-year-old Patrice Bernier. The Canadian Soccer Association had set a Hispanic coach as a target, according to one source. After the 8-1 loss in Honduras that sealed Canadas World Cup qualifying fate, association president Victor Montagliani said something had to be done to better prepare Canada for playing in the hostile confines of Central America. Air Max 270 Cheap Online . The defence is doing its part, too. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half and the guys on the other side made sure that was enough, sending the Saints to a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night. Nike Air Max 270 Wholesale . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed. http://www.cheapairmax270ireland.com/ . JOHNS, N. NEWARK, N.J. -- The New Jersey Devils have dedicated a statue outside Prudential Arena to longtime goaltender Martin Brodeur.The 44-year-old Brodeur was honored prior to the Devils game against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in a ceremony attended by a couple hundred fans on a damp, drizzly night.Brodeur led the Devils to three Stanley Cups and set NHL records for games played (1,266), wins (691) and shutouts (125). The 10-time All-Star won the Vezina Trophy four times during his 21 seasons with the Devils, and the Montreal native was a two-time Olympic gold medalist.The Devils unveiled Brodeurs statue in February when they retired his No. 30 jersey.I feel really fortunate to be able to sit back and enjoy what Ive done and being so successful, Brodeur said before the ceremony. Theres no regret in what Ive accoomplished in my career. Cheap Air Max 270 Ireland. When you retire and you dont play the game you kind of understand that you sometimes take things for granted because the day-to-day life with games and travel, you really dont stop to thank people and enjoy yourself as much as you should.Fans at the dedication chanted Martys better! -- a frequent chorus when Brodeur made a big save, especially against Henrik Lundqvist and the rival New York Rangers.The 11-foot bronze statue of the goaltender has a base that includes Brodeurs records, his autograph and the Devils logo.Brodeur is currently the St. Louis Blues assistant general manager. He briefly played for the Blues in the 2014-15 season before retiring. ' ' '