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BURTON-UPON-TRENT, England -- Although new England manager Sam Allardyce will take his time before deciding if Wayne Rooney continues as captain, he already has a clearer idea of how he wants the national team to play.Rooney, Englands all-time leading scorer, led England at the recent European Championship in France, where it lost 2-1 to Iceland in the last 16. The humiliating defeat prompted Roy Hodgson to resign as coach.Having helped Sunderland avoid relegation from the Premier League last season the 61-year-old Allardyce quit the club to replace Hodgson, and he held his first news conference at St Georges Park on Monday.Asked if Rooney would be his captain, Allardyce said it was far too early to decide. He added that he first needs to meet with his players and staff before Englands qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup begins in September.England looked dispirited and disjointed against Iceland in a new low for the national team and the loss was met with scathing criticism back home. Englands Premier League stars were accused of being pampered and technically deficient at the highest level.Allardyce, a vastly experienced coach at club level with Bolton, Newcastle, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham, has earned a reputation as a shrewd tactician but primarily as a great motivator.Although he reminded Englands players not to lose sight that playing for their country is as good as it gets, he urged them to relax more.I think the bonding of the team is exceptionally important and trying to create a good team spirit (also is), he said. And have some fun, the game of football is to be enjoyed and Ive enjoyed my life in the game for many years.At club level, Allardyces sides threatened on the counter-attack with creativity mostly restricted to the final third of play, and he hinted that he will adapt Englands tactics with respect to the opposition, rather than imposing a certain playing style.Hodgsons attempts to turn England into a patient passing team were ruthlessly exposed at the 2014 World Cup -- where it finished bottom of its group -- and at Euro 2016. In both tournaments, England was found wanting in defense and lacked creativity.Choosing styles or systems depends on the players available and then who were playing, Allardyce said. My coaching technique is to try and give the players the opportunity to win a football match wherever they are playing, be it home or away. 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This was nothing like four years earlier in London, where he left the sport of swimming kicking and screaming and eager to put lane lines and kickboards in his rearview mirror as quickly as he could. This time, he had embraced the journey, became a team leader and rediscovered the love for the water he had as a little boy. So of course there would be tears, even before his final race began.Walking down the warm-up pool deck, I started getting choked up thinking this is my last this, this is my last that, Phelps said. It was definitely more emotion than in 2012, and I think thats a good thing.He wasnt alone. Bob Bowman had coached Phelps for 20 years. He watched Phelps grow from an eager 11-year-old into a hard-headed, complicated competitor into a grown father and leader. He had once worried about who Phelps was hanging out with and what they might be up to. At one point, the relationship between Bowman and Phelps had devolved into ferocious, profanity-laced arguments, with both of them swearing they would never talk to the other again, only to somehow return.And yet, here at the end, for the past 21 months, their bond had become everything it always should have been. They respected one another. Vacationed together. Laughed. Worked hard but had fun doing so. So of course, when Phelps began his final warm-up swim before the mens 4x100 meter medley relay final, Bowman had to excuse himself.?I just walked off like I was going to the bathroom, Bowman said. I spent the whole day thinking about sentimental stuff. The last time I will see him swim freestyle. The last 200 IM. The last time Im going to watch him do this 25 or that 25. I got emotional. I dont think he even knew.By the time Phelps stepped onto the competition deck, the tears were in check for the time being. He had just one thought: Get the lead. The United States had never lost the mens medley relay, and they werent going to start now. Not in the last swim of Michael Phelps career. His motivational speech to his teammates was simple but effective.He said, I dont have anything to say, but lets just go out there and kill it, Ryan Murphy said. It wasnt much, but that was enough for me to get hyped.Murphy began the American charge by setting a world-record time in the 100 backstroke during the first leg of the relay. But thanks to a monster breaststroke by Great Britains Adam Peaty, Phelps entered the water on the third leg with the Americans trailing by .61 seconds. In a way, this was exactly how it was supposed to be -- the United States needing Michael Phelps to help them to victory.One hundred meters and a little more than 50 seconds later, Phelps and his strong butterfly stroke handed teammate Nathan Adrian a .41-second lead that the Americans did not lose. And just like that, the greatest career in Olympic history came to an end.This was the cherry on top that I wanted, Phelps said after the race. I couldnt be any happier with the end of my career.With that last race of the aquatics schedule in Rio, Phelps won hiss 28th career Olympic medal and his 23rd gold.dddddddddddd Last week, he regained the 200 butterfly crown he had lost four years ago that had meant so much to him. He again beat teammate Ryan Lochte in the 200 individual medley for the fourth straight Olympics. And in the last individual event of his career, he took home silver in the 100 butterfly behind 21-year-old Joseph Schooling, who grew up in Singapore idolizing Phelps; it reminded the world just how hard greatness can be to master.Phelps leaves Rio with five gold medals and one silver, the fourth straight Olympics where Phelps is likely to win more medals than any other Olympian.When the race finally was over, Phelps raised his arms high above his head to acknowledge the cheering crowd. The emotions returned while he waited for the medal ceremony, but it happened behind closed doors, where no one could see it. Teammate Cody Miller became dizzy and light-headed, postponing the medal ceremony by some 25 minutes. By the time Phelps re-emerged, he put himself back together.You could see the tears in his eyes as we were walking to the medal ceremony, Murphy said. It got tampered down with how much time we had to wait, but he was super emotional. It was a great way to cap off an incredible career.For Phelps, these Olympics have proved to be different than any other. He walked in his first Opening Ceremony after being elected the U.S. flag-bearer by his teammates. He served as one of the team captains -- another first -- and help lead the Americans to 33 total swimming medals, the most since 1984.And, for the first time in his life, it wasnt all about winning. It was the process of getting there. Which is why those close to Phelps are optimistic that the next chapter of his life will be far brighter than it might have once looked. For years, Phelps defined himself as nothing more than a swimmer. In 2008, when a University of Michigan athletics administrator asked him what he planned to do if he won eight gold medals in Beijing, he shrugged his shoulders. Retirement after London in 2012 was followed by a reality television show, playing golf and a lack of direction.This time, Phelps insists its different. He will no longer have swimming to keep his life within the boundaries -- to bring him happiness, contentment, sobriety. But he doesnt need it. He finally knows who he is beyond a swimmer. He no longer needs gold medals to define himself as a successful and productive human being. He has a fiancée who has been there through the good times and bad and loves him for the man, not the medals. He has a son who will blindingly care about him and has cried in recent days during FaceTime chats because he misses Dad.This time, Rio was closure.He knows where hes going, Bowman said. There is a baby and a house and a wife. He can see the next chapter of his life. And he cant wait. I dont worry about him anymore. Hes on a great path, and I think thats the biggest difference.The end of Phelps competitive career is anything but the end of his story. In many ways, it is only the beginning.The things Ive gone through in my life -- this is how Im supposed to be today, Phelps said. I wouldnt change anything that got me here. I can honestly say this is the best place Ive ever been in my life. ' ' '