Chicago Fire names 2 assistants to Klopas

Posted January 05, 2012 11:00 pm

Daily Herald News Services

Mike Matkovich and Leo Percovich will return to the Chicago Fire as fulltime assistants to head coach Frank Klopas, team officials announced Friday.

Klopas is preparing for his first full Major League Soccer season as Fire head coach, and both coaches will join hime at this weekend’s MLS Combine in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., ahead of next week’s 2012 MLS SuperDraft on Thursday in Kansas City.

Matkovich, 49, rejoins the Fire after serving as an assistant coach with the club from 2009-10. The longtime Chicago-area coach played his first role with the club as the head coach of the Chicago Fire PDL from 2002-06. He was the ead coach of the U.S. Under 18 Men’s National Team from 2009-11,

Entering his second season as an assistant coach with the Fire, Percovich, 43, is a former Copa Libertadores and Uruguayan First Division champion. A native of Montevideo, Uruguay, he served as a goalkeeper coach with the Colorado Rapids (2006-2007) and Chivas USA (2008-2009) before joining Toronto FC as an assistant coach in 2009.

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