US Soccer has a new performance director – and he’s the former head of sports science at the Premier League. He will look to bounce back from an injury plagued final season with Seattle when he carried just 111 times for 417 yards and three touchdowns. He was a key figure in labor negotiations and league expansion. Prosecutors said Hernandez opened fire on their car because he felt disrespected when one of the men bumped into him and spilled his drink at a Boston nightclub.