Ottawa [Canada], January 14 (ANI): Casey Stoney, the English supervisor, has been appointed as the brand new head coach of the Canada Women’s National Soccer Team (CANWNT).
The former San Diego Wave FC supervisor, who joined the membership in 2021 after a three-year spell with Manchester United Women Football Club, was relieved of her duties final June.
She has managed San Diego Wave FC for 74 video games, the place they’ve received 28 matches, and earlier than that in Manchester United, she completed 52 wins in her 77 video games.
“I am honoured to join Canada Soccer as the Head Coach of the Women’s National Team,” she stated, as quoted by Olympics.com”Canada has a proud tradition in women’s football and I am excited to work with such a talented group of players,” she added.
“Together with the federation’s new leadership, we will strive to build on past successes and continue to grow the sport in Canada on and off the field,” she famous.
“I look forward to the journey ahead and to engaging with the incredible passion of Canadian fans,” she stated.
Stoney shares a historical past with Canada’s goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan, having labored collectively throughout her tenure within the National Women’s Soccer League. Sheridan excelled beneath Stoney’s steerage, incomes the league’s Goalkeeper of the Year award of their debut season collectively.
She has received the FA Women’s Championship in 2018-19 with them, and later NWSL Shield in 2023 and NWSL Challenge Cup in 2024 with the San Diego Wave FCCanada is aiming to construct on the success of their historic first main trophy, achieved over three years in the past on the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, held in 2021.
Stoney is about to start her function subsequent month, offering ample time to familiarize herself with the squad forward of main challenges. Her first take a look at will come on the Pinatar Cup, a three-match event hosted in Spain. (ANI)