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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting insights here about the US coach.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/page/uswntreport0808/andonovski-go-uswnt-coach-bad-world-cup
"There are a lot of reasons the USWNT crashed out of the Women's World Cup in the round of 16 against Sweden. The team's best players were injured. The team was caught between two generations. The rest of the world has caught up. Those things are all true. But Andonovski was also not the right choice for a job that is arguably the most challenging in women's soccer, and the warning signs of how this World Cup would go were evident after the 2021 Olympics. Had U.S. Soccer officials heeded those signs, the USWNT might very well still be in this World Cup, preparing for a quarterfinal."
"Back in 2021, the cracks revealed themselves immediately. In the opening match of the Olympics, Sweden humiliated the USWNT 3-0. The Americans looked lost, disjointed and confused -- it was a remarkable about-face from a team that comprised entirely players who had just won a World Cup in 2019 in dominant fashion."

And then this stunner. Rule no.1 in any team sport. Never pick a coach that the players lobby for, unless that player is Messi :-)

"There has been a sense that the players, some of them having worked with Andonovski in the NWSL, were in favor of him being their next coach after the exit of Jill Ellis. After the knockout Sunday, Andonovski even called the players his "friends." But the degree to which the players' opinions swayed Markgraf, a former USWNT player herself, is unclear. Should other choices not favored by the players been considered? Now it appears the answer is certainly yes.
Whether or not the players vouched for Andonovski after working with him in the NWSL, his résumé never should have qualified him for managing the USWNT. His résumé included coaching stints men's indoor soccer, and he then won two NWSL championships when the fledgling league had just nine teams and wasn't attracting the coaching prospects it does now."[/quote]

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