Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 14% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
San Jose Earthquakes
Feb 2025 – Oct 2026 · 62 matches
1.44 points per game in MLS (62 matches).
San Jose Earthquakes with other coaches, ±3 years: 0.98 (102 matches, 4 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −46 below the league average under him, −46 under the others.
Most used
- Beau Leroux4,241' · Elo 2,103
- D. Munie4,233' · Elo 2,123
- D. Romney3,929' · Elo 1,926
- Daniel3,852' · Elo 2,081
- O. Bouda3,383' · Elo 2,041
- I. Harkes3,193' · Elo 1,896
- R. Roberts3,053' · Elo 2,024
- P. Judd2,940' · Elo 1,985
- C. Espinoza2,692' · Elo 2,042
- J. Ricketts2,567' · Elo 1,903
New England Revolution
May 2019 – Sept 2023 · 150 matches
1.65 points per game in MLS (144 matches).
New England Revolution with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.18 (204 matches, 9 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +29 above the league average under him, −71 under the others.
Most used
- A. Farrell11,747' · Elo 1,363
- B. Bye10,846' · Elo 1,899
- Carles Gil10,262' · Elo 2,055
- D. Jones9,866' · Elo 2,010
- G. Bou8,277' · Elo 1,659
- M. Polster8,171' · Elo 1,969
- M. Turner7,059' · Elo 2,116
- H. Kessler6,956' · Elo 2,028
- T. McNamara5,560' · Elo 1,541
- A. Buksa5,099' · Elo 1,916
Los Angeles Galaxy
Mar 2016 – Oct 2016 · 36 matches
1.61 points per game in MLS (36 matches).
Los Angeles Galaxy with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.32 (104 matches, 5 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −2 below the league average under him, +23 under the others.
Most used
- B. Rowe2,945' · Elo 1,597
- D. Steres2,836' · Elo 1,551
- Jelle Van Damme2,616' · Elo 1,373
- Giovani dos Santos Ramírez2,522' · Elo 1,625
- A. Cole2,407' · Elo 1,239
- S. Lletget2,237' · Elo 1,728
- A. DeLaGarza2,064' · Elo 1,322
- Robbie Rogers1,835' · Elo 1,370
- B. Husidic1,728' · Elo 1,316
- E. Boateng1,693' · Elo 1,513
Players under Bruce Arena
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- D. Jones+761
in 141 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
- Beau Leroux+670
in 60 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
- D. Romney+621
in 91 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
- O. Bouda+565
in 61 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
- R. Roberts+540
in 38 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
Fell most
- J. Altidore−110
in 29 matches · New England Revolution
- C. Arango−80
in 30 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
- T. Werner−44
in 16 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
in 18 matches · Los Angeles Galaxy
in 13 matches · San Jose Earthquakes
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−108A. Dreyer1974
in 4 matches · San Diego
−103in 4 matches · Portland Timbers
−91L. Acosta1967
in 9 matches · FC Dallas
−83Júnior Urso1322
in 6 matches · Houston Dynamo
−73M. Pereyra1466
in 7 matches · Orlando City SC
Nemeses
+115G. Dorsey2011
in 5 matches · Orlando City SC
+114N. Tafari2078
in 4 matches · Los Angeles FC
+106J. Martínez1998
in 9 matches · Philadelphia Union
+102C. Makoun1755
in 4 matches · Charlotte
+100L. Campana1903
in 5 matches · New England Revolution
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −77
B. Olsen2039
in 10 matches · Houston Dynamo
- −46
M. Varas1965
in 4 matches · San Diego
- −44
Raphael Wicky1826
in 7 matches · Sporting Kansas City
- −37
P. Vermes1717
in 5 matches · Sporting Kansas City
- −32
J. Sørensen2065
in 4 matches · Vancouver Whitecaps
Nemesis coaches
- +97
B. Schmetzer1992
in 6 matches · Seattle Sounders
- +78
G. Vanney1970
in 9 matches · Los Angeles Galaxy
- +57
P. Mastroeni1919
in 8 matches · Real Salt Lake
- +50
S. Cherundolo2129
in 3 matches · Los Angeles FC
- +38
Nicholas Cushing1848
in 4 matches · New York City FC
Playing style
How Bruce Arena's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
-0.22style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 14% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
New England Revolution148 matches
San Jose Earthquakes61 matches
Los Angeles Galaxy36 matches