Casey Stoney was appointed head coach of the Canada ladies’s nationwide crew Monday.
The previous England captain collected quite a few main honors with Arsenal and Charlton Athletic throughout her taking part in profession. She extra just lately collected silverware throughout stints answerable for Manchester United and the NWSL’s San Diego Wave.
She additionally served as assistant to Phil Neville within the England ladies’s crew setup.
“Canada has a proud custom in ladies’s soccer, and I’m excited to work with such a gifted group of gamers,” Stoney stated.
“Along with the federation’s new management, we’ll attempt to construct on previous successes and proceed to develop the game in Canada on and off the sphere. I sit up for the journey forward and to participating with the unbelievable ardour of Canadian soccer followers.”
Stoney represented England at three Ladies’s World Cup campaigns and earned 130 caps for her nation, and she or he captained Group Nice Britain on the 2012 Olympic Video games. She performed for Arsenal, Charlton, Chelsea, Lincoln, and Liverpool in a glittering membership profession that yielded 4 English league titles, 4 FA Cups, and different trophies.
The 42-year-old briefly served as Chelsea player-manager in 2009 earlier than becoming a member of England’s backroom crew following her retirement as a participant in 2018. She later led Manchester United to promotion to England’s prime tier of their inaugural 2018-19 season earlier than establishing them among the many prime groups within the Tremendous League. At San Diego, Stoney captured the NWSL Protect, NWSL Problem Cup, and the person distinction of NWSL Coach of the Yr over a three-year spell.
“Casey’s observe report of profitable management, her values and power of character, and her lifelong dedication to the development of girls’s soccer make her the appropriate particular person to steer our nationwide crew into its subsequent chapter,” stated Canada Soccer CEO and common secretary Kevin Blue.
Stoney’s tenure begins with February’s three-match sequence on the Pinatar Cup in Spain.
