It has been six years since Steve Cherundolo last pulled on the red, white, and blue of the U.S. men’s national team as a player, and most of the players and coaches involved back then aren’t around now. Still, he quickly felt comfortable when he joined the squad this week as a guest assistant for friendlies against England and Italy.



“It’s like coming home and seeing new faces in your living room,” Cherundolo joked about his new role with an in-flux U.S. squad. “It’s always an easy entry back into the group.”



The former U.S. national team stalwart put together an impressive career in Germany as both a player and coach. He made 370 appearances with Hannover 96 in the Bundesliga before retiring in 2014, then worked his way up the ladder as an academy coach with the club. In January he was hired as an assistant coach at Stuttgart under Tayfun Korkut, but the staff was fired in early October with the club in last...