has employed Jonas Eidevall as its new head coach.
The previous Arsenal head coach joins the (NWSL) aspect on a three-year contract.
He had been out of soccer
The Wave has been searching for a brand new everlasting head coach since . Paul Buckle and have been in interim cost since.
“This can be 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 guide this proficient crew by the Leichtman-Levine Household and (sporting director) Camille Ashton,” Eidevall stated. “San Diego is a metropolis with passionate followers and a vibrant futbol tradition, and I’m wanting to contribute to constructing a successful legacy right here.”
Eidevall left Arsenal after simply seven video games of the 2024-25 season regardless of signing a three-year contract with the north London membership in October of 2023.
He joined Arsenal from Swedish aspect Rosengard in 2021 and went on to win the in each 2023 and 2024.
Arsenal have been unable to dislodge Chelsea as the highest crew in England throughout his tenure, nevertheless, with their London rivals, below now-U.S. ladies’s nationwide crew coach Emma Hayes, successful the title in every of his three seasons in cost.
“Jonas’s arrival marks the start of a brand new period for San Diego Wave FC,” stated proprietor Lauren Leichtman. “His management, imaginative and prescient, and observe file of success make him a superb match for this position to information our membership ahead. We’re excited for this subsequent chapter and are assured Jonas will construct a tradition throughout the crew that not solely competes for championships but in addition conjures up our followers and represents the values of San Diego.”
The Wave completed the 2024 season tenth within the NWSL standings, failing to qualify for the playoffs, and noticed Wave and USWNT icon Alex Morgan retire.
The membership’s president Jill Ellis, the previous United States head coach, left her position in December to grow to be chief soccer officer at . Ellis, 58, had been Wave’s president because the membership joined the NWSL in 2021.
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