Australia interim boss Tom Sermanni hopes former Canada women’s manager Bev Priestman will return to coaching at the top level after serving her ban for a spying scandal at the Olympics and says she would be a good fit for the New Zealand side. Scotland-born Sermanni, a former assistant coach with the Canadian women and former manager of New Zealand …
World Cup hero Cortnee Vine is taking a break from football to focus on her mental health. On Friday, Vine was once again a notable absentee in interim coach Tom Sermanni's extended squad for the Matildas' upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Taiwan after making herself unavailable for selection. The dashing winger was a star of the A-League Women competition but …
The Matildas' longest-serving and Asian Cup-winning former mentor Tom Sermanni has been appointed as the team's interim coach, effective immediately. As the hunt for Tony Gustavsson's successor narrows down, Football Australia announced Sermanni, who led the Matildas in two stints between 1994-1997 and 2005-2012, would take the reins ahead of upcoming friendlies. Sermanni brought through the majority of the team's …
SYDNEY — Scotland-born Tom Sermanni has been named interim head coach of the Australian women’s soccer team, his third time in charge of the Matildas. Soccer Australia did not renew former head coach Tony Gustavsson’s contract after the Matildas failed to make it out of the group stage at the Paris Olympics. Sermanni was head coach of the U.S. women’s …
