Fire, Red Bulls hire coaches (and other news)

Daily news roundups — By Dan Walsh on January 8, 2010 at 9:53 am

The Red Bulls hire Hans Backe to coach their team next year. The Swede won four titles in the Danish league.

The Chicago Fire set to hire a coach of their own: former El Salvador national team coach Carlos de los Cobos, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

FC Dallas signs Ghanaian international defender Aziz Ansah.

Goal.com’s Kyle McCarthy makes a very interesting case for a centralized MLS scouting service. Definitely worth reading here a week before the MLS college draft, especially considering how limited (nonexistent?) some teams’ scouting departments are.

Torino fans assault their team’s players. (Add your own punchline.)

Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukrainian league sign Brazilian Douglas Costa on a transfer from Gremio in the Brazilian league.