THE KID FROM THE BIG APPLE TORRENT TORRENT
It’s good.”ĭomenec Torrent summons familiar face for first NYCFC signing “It’s about when his family arrives in New York. “He’s very interesting,” Torrent said about Auster. He recently made his first visit to the Strand to buy the Spanish version of Paul Auster’s latest book, “4321.” Like new residents, he’s hitting the famed spots. On other days, he’ll do a few laps around Central Park, which he says he completes in 90 minutes. His route starts at Riverside Park and ends all the way down in Brooklyn. Torrent is an avid runner who usually exercises for three hours a day. It isn’t his first choice - he wanted to live in the West Village but needed something bigger than an apartment.Īway from NYCFC’s training facility, his routine is pretty normal. He is getting ready to move from the Upper West Side to a TriBeCa penthouse, despite relocating from Manchester just two months ago. He was bubbly and seemed interested in listening to everyone. Open, where he was eager to watch tennis. Torrent - wearing sleek, thin-rimmed shades and a black skinny polo - takes it all in, like his first visit to the U.S. You have time to change something if you want to create something special here.” More than just jazzīefore getting to know what Torrent is trying to do at NYCFC, you should know he still is adjusting to life in the Big Apple. “Believe me, Pep is not magic and Dome is not magic,” he said. For him to get everything right and to win an MLS Cup, he’s going to need a little more time to get things exactly the way he wants. And unlike the often stubborn Vieira, Torrent doesn’t hesitate to admit when he’s wrong.Īnalytics point toward Torrent’s coaching being effective, but the actual production hasn’t matched it yet. However, NYCFC have won once in their past seven games, a product of a much more difficult schedule and numerous injuries. Torrent Larry MaranoĪt first, MLS orientation looked effortless, winning five out of his first six matches. NYCFC isn’t his first coaching gig - he helmed his hometown club Girona over a decade ago in Spain’s lower divisions. Torrent, who was hired in June to replace Patrick Vieira, has had a mix go through his first two months in The Bronx. I need to convince my players and our supports we are able, me and my staff, that we can improve the team every single year.” … I was a head coach before Pep, people think that you are maybe better than I am in the moment. “That’s the reason why people recognize me and why people think about me as a good coach. “I am here Pep Guardiola,” Torrent told The Post through a thick Catalan accent. Those stops yielded 24 domestic and international club trophies, which makes it reasonable to think that dissecting and helping one of soccer’s brightest ever minds makes you the next best thing. Together, they’ve hopped around some of Europe’s most storied clubs: Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City. Torrent, 56, spent the past 11 years as the “right-hand man” to Guardiola, a label he embraces as the former top assistant to world soccer’s best coach. Torrent likely wouldn’t have the time for it in New York anyway. … In Manchester, it was impossible,” Torrent said about playing his prized silver Suzuki alto saxophone. But then his neighbors had a problem with it. He wanted to play, he loves to, so he thought his home was large enough that he wouldn’t bother anyone. His time away from the saxophone stems from living in Munich, where he served for three years as an assistant to Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich. He would, if he could, but the New York City FC head coach is in a self-imposed exile. NYCFC fall to Seattle in first leg of Champions League semifinalsĭomenec Torrent hasn’t touched his saxophone in seven years. NYCFC fall to Sounders in CONCACAF semifinals
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