“I think the big turnaround with this club was with Jay and his partners recognizing they needed a technical director that would be able to not just be focused on youth, but understand how to play in the transfer market,” Garber said. "Earnie is going to be an unbelievable technical director for U.S. Soccer, but I think Ernst brought a lot more professional soccer experience. And when he came in, he had a very different strategy — and a very focused one, to utilize their resources in an effective and efficient way.”