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Kevin Baxter: Breaking down the top candidates to be the next U.S. women’s soccer coach

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Following the earliest exit from a women’s World Cup in U.S. history, Vlatko Andonovski’s tenure as the team’s manager has seemingly run its course. Yes, Andonovski is unbeaten as a World Cup coach, but the Americans won just one of four games in this tournament, the other three ending in draws with the U.S. going scoreless over the final 238 minutes. And yes, ...
Sarina Wiegman, head coach of England, is seen prior to the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia& New Zealand 2023 Round of 16 match against Nigeria at Brisbane Stadium on Aug. 7, 2023 in Brisbane, Australia.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Following the earliest exit from a women’s World Cup in U.S. history, Vlatko Andonovski’s tenure as the team’s manager has seemingly run its course.

Yes, Andonovski is unbeaten as a World Cup coach, but the Americans won just one of four games in this tournament, the other three ending in draws with the U.S. going scoreless over the final 238 minutes. And yes, Andonovski was playing with a short deck after losing four starters — midfielders Catarino Macario and Sam Mewis, forward Mallory Swanson and defender Becky Sauerbrunn — to injury. But the replacements he chose were, for the most part, ineffective, as was his coaching.

And with the U.S. exiting the World Cup in the round of 16 two years after losing twice and settling for

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