Backe named Red Bulls boss

Former Notts County boss Hans Backe has been appointed head coach of New York Red Bulls, the Major League Soccer club announced today.

Backe, 57, and a former assistant to fellow Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, was in charge at Notts County for just seven weeks before stepping down from his post with the League Two club on 15 December.

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