U.S. Soccer outlines process to have next USWNT coach in place by December

Last week was full of both goodbyes and hellos for the U.S. women’s national team. We are on track to be in a position to have the head coach in place ready to support the team from early December.” Crocker said that diversity included ethnicity, gender, experience and “the whole package.” He also expressed excitement about the names in the pool — he wouldn’t specify the exact number, but the list remains in the double digits. “One of the big priorities for me is to make sure the senior men’s coach and the senior women’s coach report to the sporting director, and I was pretty, pretty insistent on that,” he said. “I don’t want the head coach to be bogged down with constant day-to-day operational administrative stuff,” Crocker said. Much of the focus from the tactical feedback focused on building the attack, playing through the midfield and having “creative solutions in tight spaces, having the players and the tactics to beat the low block.” Crocker stressed multiple times that the feedback was not a slight to Andonovski, but the players expressed a desire for a coach that can build and maintain “outstanding relationships that build trust quickly, that can talk with gravitas and confidence around the direction of the program, that can be brave enough to make bold enough changes that are needed.” The players were clear: they want to evolve.