KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- The
Kansas City Current didn't wait long to choose their brand-new head coach.
According to numerous reports, previous USA females's nationwide team head coach Vlatko Andonovski will be the Current's brand-new head coach.
According to The Equalizer, Andonovski will be head coach and sporting director for the Current.
Andonovski has deep ties to the
Kansas City area, having actually bet the indoor soccer team
Kansas City Comets from 2001-2005.
He was also an assistant coach for the Comets from 2010-2013 (while at the same time head coach of the
Kansas City Kings of the Professional Arena Soccer League) and head coach from 2013-2016.
Andonovski was the first head coach for
Kansas City's very first NWSL group FC
Kansas City and led them to back-to-back league championships in 2014 and 2015.
He likewise got his bachelor's degree from Park University.
He also led OL Reign (then
Seattle Reign FC and Reign FC) to back-to-back NWSL semifinal finishes in 2018 and 2019.
The 47-year-old invested the last 4 years as the head of the USWNT, leading them to a bronze medal in the 2020 Olympics. His team was recently knocked out in the round of 16 of the 2023 Women's World Cup by Sweden in a penalty shootout.
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The United States won the previous four gold medals at the Olympics, and it was USWNT's worst World Cup surface ever.
Andonovski was slammed for the team's underperformance and handed in his resignation in August.
The Macedonian coach takes control of a Current group that ended up 8-2-12 and was led by interim head coach Caroline Sjöblom after the team fired head coach Matt Potter after three matches. The group pointed out "problems around his management and work responsibilities," announcing the modification hours before a Challenge Cup match with the
Houston Dash, which they won.
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Andonovski will also lead the club into their historic new arena CPKC Stadium, the first-ever stadium developed for professional women's soccer.
The Current will be introducing Andonvoski as head coach soon.
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