( CNN ) -- The Egyptian Football Association says it has reached an agreement with Bob Bradley for the former U.S. coach to take control of the north African country 's soccer team . The 53-year-old will take over from Hassan Shahatah , who left the position after Egypt failed to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea . `` We have chosen Bob Bradley to lead the national team after a lengthy negotiation with many foreign coaches , '' Egyptian FA president Sameer Zahir told CNN Arabic . `` We believe that Bradley is the most suited coach at this stage . `` We sent scans of the contract to him for review and comments and we expect to sign the contract officially with him here in Cairo in a couple of days . '' Zahir said that Bradley will be paid $ 35,000 per month , a deal which he said suited both the coach and the Egyptian FA 's budget . Bradley was sacked by U.S. Soccer in June , having led his team to the final of the Gold Cup earlier the same month . A year previously he took America to the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa . He will be hoping to guide Egypt to the nation 's first World Cup finals since 1990 , with the next edition of the four-yearly tournament to take place in Brazil in 2014 . After coaching at college level , Bradley earned his first big job with Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire , winning a domestic double in 1998 to be named coach of the year . He later moved to MetroStars in his home state of New Jersey and then Chivas USA of Los Angeles before winning the U.S. job in late 2006 .
Former U.S. national soccer coach Bradley accepts offer from Egyptian FA . Its president Bradley says the 53-year-old is due in U.S. to sign contract . Sameer Zahir was sacked by U.S. Soccer in June after five years in the role . He guided the U.S. to the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup in Cairo .