January 9 – The San Diego Wave of the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League (NWSL) has lastly changed the earlier head coach, Casey Stoney, with former Arsenal women’ boss, Jonas Eidevall.
The 41-year-old Swede has signed a three-year deal underneath the brand new possession of the Levine Leichtman household who bought the crew in October.
“I’m honoured and proud to be named the pinnacle coach of San Diego Wave,” stated Eidevall.
“It is a membership with a transparent imaginative and prescient for achievement, each on and off the sector, and I’m grateful for the belief positioned in me to steer this proficient crew by the Leichtman-Levine Household and Camille Ashton.
“San Diego is a metropolis with passionate followers and a vibrant soccer tradition, and I’m wanting to contribute to constructing a profitable legacy right here.
“Along with the gamers, workers, and supporters, I stay up for attaining nice issues and making unforgettable recollections for this membership.”
Eidevall’s time at Arsenal was not with out issues as rumours of the Swede shedding the dressing room swirled across the Gunners after two extremely damaging defeats to Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
With followers waving pretend P45 letters (official certificates employers give when about to terminate your employment) on the Chelsea sport, and a big piece of graffiti sprayed close to the Emirates Stadium saying ‘JONAS OUT’ the Swede realised fairly actually that the writing was on the wall.
The Wave, who boast an impressive venue within the type of Snapdragon Stadium, have the fan base and infrastructure to make a run for the championship regardless of just lately shedding USWNT nice, Alex Morgan, to retirement.
Eidevall has tasted success in England with three consecutive top-three finishes within the WSL, and consecutive Ladies’s League Cup titles, and the Leichtman-Levine Household can be anticipating extra of the identical after spending $131 million to take management of the franchise.
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