The Houston Dash rolled out their new leadership team on Wednesday, the club’s latest attempt to become relevant in the NWSL. Pertinency has been difficult to come by in Houston. Ten regular seasons have produced one playoff appearance—a stoppage-time loss—and the trophy won at the 2020 Challenge Cup feels more like a blip than a statement.
Enter Angela Hucles Mangano as the club’s President of Women’s Soccer, and Fabrice Gautrat as head coach, and another clean slate is at hand.
“We are bringing a vision to life,” Hucles Mangano said in her opening remarks. “I’ve heard so much about the potential of this club and I see the opportunity in a very short period of time. And now it’s time for some of that potential to be realized.”
Gautrat, an assistant in the league for three seasons in Chicago and North Carolina, said he was drawn to the Dash job by three main factors.
“The leadership. The staff. And the players,” Gautrat, whose wife is Pride midfielder Morgan Gautrat, said. “I think [we] have a very high-potential group…
