The Colorado Rapids are drawing closer to landing their long-term head coaching option and sources tell Goal they are closing in on an American-born option, but not one who has coached in the United States in a while.

The Rapids are close to hiring current New Zealand manager Anthony Hudson to be the team’s new head coach, multiple sources have confirmed.

It remains unclear when Hudson would take over as Rapids coach, or if his appointment is contingent on New Zealand missing out on the World Cup.

The development comes as New Zealand is preparing to play in a World Cup playoff against Peru, with the first leg scheduled for Nov. 11 in Wellington, New Zealand, and second leg slated for Nov. 15 in Lima, Peru.

The 36-year-old Hudson is very much a vagabond coach. The son of one-time NASL Seattle Sounders captain and Chelsea standout Alan Hudson, Anthony was born in Seattle, but was raised in England. After a modest pro playing career that consisted of a brief failed stint in the Netherlands before a short time with American lower-division side Wilmington Hammerheads, Hudson embarked on a coaching career that began in 2008 with then USL-2 side Real Maryland, a team he led to a fifth-place finish in a nine-team league in 2009 before a last-place finish in 2010 in his final season there. Real Maryland halted operations two years later.