米ＭＬＳクラブの名指揮官　「不適切発言」で休職処分に

【ロサンゼルスＡＦＰ＝時事】米メジャーリーグサッカー（ＭＬＳ）、ニューイングランド・レボリューションの監督兼スポーツ・ディレクター（ＳＤ）を務めるブルース・アリーナ氏が、「無神経で不適切な発言をした疑惑」により休職処分となった。（写真は米ＭＬＳ、ニューイングランド・レボリューションのブルース・アリーナ監督）
　ＭＬＳはこの件について調査を行っているが、これ以上の情報については発表していない。
　レボリューションは「職場の不祥事に関するいかなる疑惑も極めて深刻に受け止めており、リーグと緊密に協力して調査に全面的に協力している」と述べている。
　７１歳のアリーナ氏は元米国代表指揮官で、ＭＬＳでは年間最優秀監督賞を４度受賞している。
　ウェブサイトのジ・アスレチックは１日、アリーナ監督が７月３０日と３１日のチーム活動に参加しておらず、調査中はアシスタントコーチらが指揮を引き継いでいると報じている。 【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/08/03-17:09）

New England Revolution sporting director and head coach Bruce Arena has been placed on administrative league as Major League Soccer reviews allegations that he made insensitive and inappropriate remarks.
The league offered no further information in a brief statement on Tuesday, when the Revolution offered a similarly terse statement of their own.
The organization takes any allegations of workplace misconduct extremely seriously and is working closely with the League and fully cooperating with its investigation, the club said.
Arena, 71, is a former US national team coach and a four-time MLS coach of the year.
He coached the US men at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, guiding the team to the quarter-finals in 2002.
His contract was not renewed by US Soccer when it expired in 2006, but he returned to coach the national team in 2016, presiding over their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Arena has coached four MLS teams -- DC United, the New York Red Bulls, the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Revolution and won MLS Cup titles in 1996 and 1997 with United and in 2011, 2012 and 2014 with the Galaxy.
His teams have also won the Supporters' Shield as the top of the overall standings four times and last season Arena became the winningest coach in MLS history and the first to 250 career victories.
The Revolution are scheduled to play Mexico's Atlas on Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, in the round of 32 of the Leagues Cup tournament featuring MLS and Liga MX teams.
The Athletic reported Tuesday that Arena was not present at team activities on Sunday and Monday and that technical director Curt Onalfo and assistant coach Richie Williams are expected to take over during the investigation.