The seek for a brand new U.S. ladies’s nationwide crew head coach will reportedly start very quickly.
Vlatko Andonovski is about to step down as USWNT head coach, 90MIN amongst different retailers confirmed Wednesday. Andonovski’s departure as head coach comes not lengthy after the USWNT delivered its worst-ever efficiency at a FIFA Ladies’s World Cup.
Andonovski took over as USWNT head coach in 2019 after the second of two-straight World Cup triumphs and solely misplaced 5 of his 65 matches in control of this system. Nevertheless, this system’s underwhelming run in Australia and New Zealand was probably the ultimate straw within the 46-year-old’s stint as head coach.
“I believe it’s egocentric to consider me, my future, what I’m gonna do, when we have now 20-year-old gamers going via the second, going via this example,” Andonovski mentioned postmatch after the USWNT suffered a Spherical of 16 exit by the hands of Sweden.
“I need be there for them,” he added. “I like them. I like all of them. They usually’re my gamers, however they’re my associates. We spent 4 years collectively. They obtained their first caps with me. They obtained their first nationwide crew call-ups with me. We spend occasions, robust occasions, good occasions. So I don’t need to see them like that. That’s all I take into consideration.”
The USWNT opened group stage play in Australia and New Zealand with a 3-0 shutout win over Vietnam, however would battle in later matches. The Netherlands held the Individuals to a 1-1 draw of their second group stage match earlier than a goal-less draw vs Portugal helped the USWNT inch itself over the development line.
Portugal got here near eliminating the USWNT from the group stage, placing the submit in second-half stoppage time of that 0-0 consequence. Regardless of a number of key veterans reminiscent of Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz, and Megan Rapinoe remaining within the USWNT squad, the Individuals lacked the leading edge within the ultimate third and struggled to discover a well beyond Sweden within the Spherical of 16.
Andonovski’s departure would open the door to a brand new head teaching rent, with a number of present nationwide crew coaches linked with the opening.
The USWNT’s schedule is about to renew in September with a pair of residence friendlies towards South Africa.