Football: Olympic coach Moriyasu top candidate for national team job

Hajime Moriyasu, Japan's coach for the men's soccer team for the 2020 Tokyo Games, is the top candidate to manage the national team, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.The members of the Japan Football Association's technical committee, which is selecting the successor to Akira Nishino, have basically agreed to offer the job to a Japanese. They regard Moriyasu, 49, as the top candidate following his experience assisting Nishino during the World Cup in Russia.The JFA is scheduled to officially name the new manager at its executive committee on July 26 following a technical committee me…READ FULL ARTICLE