Andonowski resigned as head coach of the US team due to failure at the World Cup

Macedonian-American Vlatko Andonovsky resigned as head coach of the US women’s national team after a poor performance in FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.The team made the announcement on Thursday on social media.

Twyla KilgoreAndonowski’s assistant coach suggested that she be the interim quarterback.

Acting head coach Twyla Kilgore (formerly Kaufman) acted #USVNT assistant coach for the past year and a half, and in 2021 became the first American-born woman to earn a US Soccer professional coaching license. pic.twitter.com/VPsanYQYGF

— USA Women’s Soccer Team (@USWNT) August 17, 2023

Double world champion in Canada 2015 and France 2019. The US showed up at the event in 2023 in hopes of winning their third straight crown, a feat never before achieved in either women’s or men’s football.

However, they lost in the round of 16 to Sweden on penalties (0-0 and 5-4 in the penalty shoot-out), which was the earliest elimination by the Americans in the World Cup.

Andonowski’s team had already left much doubt in the group stage, which they overcame with more pain than glory, finishing second in Group E after beating Vietnam 3-0, drawing 1-1 with the Netherlands and signing a goalless draw with Portugal.

This US national team, which managed only four goals in four games, was a mixture of generations of veterans with a thousand adventures under their belts, such as Alex Morgan and Megan Rapino, and promising youngsters destined to lead the team in the coming years, such as Sofia. Smith, Trinity Rodman and Alyssa Thompson.

Andonowski took over the US bench in 2019, replacing Jill Ellis, who won two consecutive world championships.

Under Andonowski’s orders, the Stars and Stripes team won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which they came to as favorites for gold.

(According to information from EFE)