Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Vlatko Andonovski is set to become the new head coach of the Kansas City Current, sources with knowledge of the hire told The Equalizer. Andonovski is also expected to carry the title of sporting director to have wider control over roster decisions.
Andonovski spent the past four years as head coach of the United States women’s national team before resigning in August following the team’s elimination from the 2023 World Cup in the Round of 16. It was the worst finish at a major tournament in U.S. women’s national team history.
Andonovski earned the U.S. job in 2019 following his success in the National Women’s Soccer League. He became the first head coach of FC Kansas City (the city’s previous NWSL team that folded in late 2017) ahead of the league’s inaugural season in 2013, when he was a self-proclaimed “nobody.”
FC Kansas City won the 2014 and 2015 NWSL Championships under Andonovski and played some of the league’s best soccer in the NWSL’s first three seasons. FC Kansas City…
