After 17 seasons, limitless silverware, and document-placing numbers of individual honors, you'd think Bruce Arena could begin getting bored.

Now 70 years vintage, the New York City local has seen all of it in American soccer. From winning five blended MLS Cups with DC United and the LA Galaxy, to coping with the United States guys's countrywide team, there's no educate in those components that could suit his revel in.

Arena another time made an access into the records books in 2021, leading his New England Revolution side to the Supporters' Shield identify with an MLS report factors general. Now, as he prepares his crew for a 2022 campaign wherein they'll contest the Concacaf Champions League and try to move one higher within the MLS Cup Playoffs, Arena has opened up on what continues him going yr after yr.

“I bet, you can say, I stay up for waking up each day. That’s the start line. But the people round me, my circle of relatives and near pals, form of insist on me persevering with to educate once I have aspirations of gambling golf plenty," he told journalists on Wednesday following the Revs' first training consultation of 2022.

"I did that for about a yr and that’s no longer as proper because it sounds on occasion. I do enjoy the mission. I revel in operating with our coaches each day and our players. That’s nonetheless enjoyable to me. So that’s what continues me going."

"I’ll be honest with you, I nevertheless do no longer recognize why human beings assume this is a process that I do. I assume I’m in a totally fortunate role," Arena persevered. "I assume education, except the reality that it’s traumatic and those get fired a lot and all of that, I nevertheless assume it’s a great process to have.

"I sort of don’t take a look at it as a actual difficult process. It’s now not an smooth one, I realize that, but it’s something I do revel in. I think it’s some thing that the people around me think I need to keep to train. That’s probable why I’m doing it. But I do revel in what I do, in order that’s what motivates me.”

Arena is obviously properly-versed in pre-season preparations. Though Wednesday become his first consultation again, he has only a month to get his gamers prepared for his or her CCL Round One first leg tie in opposition to Haitian side Cavaly AS. So, how become that first day again?

“Well, it become properly to get [the players] again, obviously," said Arena. "Today was our first training consultation. We did that in our [Socios.Com] Field House because of the weather conditions here. For the most part, they looked excellent for the first day.