Angel Metropolis FC has fired head coach Becki Tweed after lower than two seasons, the membership Monday. Tweed’s firing got here after Angel Metropolis’s Twelfth-place end within the 2024 season, with the workforce lacking the playoffs.
Tweed joined Angel Metropolis in 2023 as an assistant coach to inaugural head coach Freya Coombe. Tweed then took over as interim head coach after Coombe was fired midseason; the “interim” tag was eliminated forward of this season.
In Tweed’s interim season, she led Angel Metropolis to an sudden playoff spot — the primary and solely postseason berth within the membership’s three-year historical past — after taking up in June and main the workforce to an 11-game unbeaten streak. Tweed was named as a candidate for 2023 Coach of the Yr because of this, regardless of teaching the workforce for under half of the season.
Nevertheless, that success was not recreated in 2024. Regardless of a gifted roster that features USWNT favorites like forwards Alyssa Thompson, Sydney Leroux and the Christen Press, Angel Metropolis completed with a 7W-6D-13L file, ending third to final within the standings.
Tweed’s firing marks the second front-office change prior to now few days, with the membership the mutual departure of normal supervisor Angela Hucles Mangano on Thursday. With Tweed and Hucles Mangano out, assistant coach Eleri Earnshaw and assistant GM Matt Wade will take over as head coach and GM, respectively.
The change kicks off what’s more likely to be an eventful offseason of change because the membership adjusts underneath new possession. Angel Metropolis formally in July, with the pair elevating the . Along with the workforce’s 2024 file, the change in possession possible contributed to Tweed’s firing, as new house owners usually determine to create a clear slate.
Angel Metropolis will now mark the third teaching emptiness within the league, with the Houston Sprint and San Diego Wave additionally having openings. The Wave , with USMNT legend . The Sprint, who completed useless final within the league, .