Bruce Arena will replace Jurgen Klinsmann as manager of the United States.
The deal will likely be between 18 months and two years in the length.
Arena managed the U.S. for eight years, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan in the team's best finish since the inaugural event in 1930.
Sunil Gulati fired Arena after the United States were unable to advanced to the knockout stage in 2006 in Germany.