The Revolution took a step in a new direction with the introduction of head coach Marko Mitrović on Wednesday, breaking up the approach taken in each of its last two hirings. Where ex-New England head coaches Bruce Arena and Caleb Porter were MLS establishment, Mitrović will be entering his first job as the head coach of a club team.

Now 47, the Belgrade-born Mitrović brings extensive coaching experience, but almost exclusively at the youth level. The Serbian-American’s most recent job was leading the US youth team at the U-20 World Cup (culminating with a quarterfinal appearance after wins over France and Italy). Prior to that, he led the US team composed of mostly young players at last year’s Olympic Games, and was an assistant with the Serbian youth team that won the U-20 World Cup i

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