Alexander Straus to change into Angel Metropolis head coach at finish of Could
Bayern Munich’s Alexander Straus will change into the following head coach of the Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League aspect (NWSL) Angel Metropolis, sources with data of the deal have informed .
Straus’ Bayern exit was confirmed by the German staff on Thursday morning, with the Norwegian to stay in cost till the top of Could. A Bayern assertion stated the choice to half methods 11 months into the two-year extension Straus signed final 12 months was at his request “to pursue a brand new problem.” Bayern gamers had been informed on Wednesday and the squad was moved by his departure.
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Angel Metropolis fired earlier head coach Becki Tweed in December and subsequently carried out an intensive seek for her alternative. Sam Laity has been serving as interim head coach since Tweed’s departure.
The membership’s sporting director Mark Parsons stated on ’s Full Time with Meg Linehan podcast in February that the search had been narrowed right down to 4 candidates in what had been a “very detailed and thorough course of.”
Angel Metropolis declined to remark when approached.
Straus was employed as Bayern head coach in 2022 and led the staff to back-to-back Frauen-Bundesliga titles in 2022-23 and 23-24.
Earlier than becoming a member of Bayern, the 49-year-old coached SK Brann within the prime flight of his native Norway, profitable the league twice.
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Bayern are presently on target to win a 3rd straight league title and are eight factors away from second-placed Wolfsburg. They’ve three league video games remaining this season and may win the title in the event that they beat Freiburg at dwelling on Sunday.
Angel Metropolis have loved an undefeated begin to the 2025 NWSL season and are fourth within the standings after two wins and two attracts. The membership performed its inaugural season in 2022 and made the playoffs the next 12 months, earlier than ending twelfth and lacking the postseason in 2024, which noticed Tweed go away her function.
Parsons has overseen the teaching hiring course of since he joined Angel Metropolis in December because the membership’s sporting director following the departure of common supervisor Angela Hucles. Hucles parted methods with the membership in December, two months after the NWSL sanctioned the group for wage cap violations earlier final season. That included a $200,000 high-quality and a three-point deduction from its 2024 standings for violations of league guidelines within the 2023 season that resulted in Angel Metropolis exceeding the wage cap in 2024.
Hucles, together with membership president Julie Uhrman, had been suspended from all participant transaction duties by the top of 2024.
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