BRISBANE :England's Sarina Wiegman is the lone female head coach remaining at the Women's World Cup after the elimination of South Africa on Sunday, which could bode well for the Lionesses if history is anything to go by.Twelve of the World Cup's 32 head coaches were women, including Desiree Ellis, whose Bany
BRISBANE :England's Sarina Wiegman is the lone female head coach remaining at the Women's World Cup after the elimination of South Africa on Sunday, which could bode well for the Lionesses if history is anything to go by.
Twelve of the World Cup's 32 head coaches were women, including Desiree Ellis, whose Banyana Banyana lost 2-0 to the Netherlands in the round of 16. Women have, however, been very successful on the global soccer stage. Since 2000, all but one of the major women's soccer tournaments – the World Cup, European Championship and the Olympics – have been won by female-coached teams, according to the Female Coaching Network."It's not a competition of being a female coach," Wiegman said on the eve of England's round-of-16 game against Nigeria.
"But of course what we hope . . . is that balance gets right in the future and we are all working on that, at least in England and other countries too to get opportunities, to get more women in the game.Wiegman, whose European champions play Nigeria on Monday, took over as Lionesses head coach in September 2021, guiding her team to a 30-game unbeaten streak including only five draws.
Two women coaches were ousted in the round of 16 on Saturday with Switzerland's 5-1 loss to Spain and Norway's 3-1 defeat by Japan .
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