Womens US Soccer Team 2010

New Coach named for the 2o1o U-20 Womens US Soccer Team

The U.S. Soccer Federation has hired Steve Swanson as head coach of the U.S. Under-20 Women’s US Soccer National Team and Albertin Montoya as head coach of the U.S. U-17 Women’s US Soccer National Team, U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs announced today. Both coaches will guide their teams into CONCACAF Qualifying for their respective FIFA Women’s World Cups, which will be held in the fall of 2012 with dates still to be determined.

Swanson and Montoya will work under the guidance of Heinrichs and Womens US Soccer   Development Director Jill Ellis, respectively. When Heinrichs and Ellis were hired in January of this year, the goal was to eventually install head coaches for the U-20s and U-17s to run the day-to-day operations for both age groups. This structure will allow Heinrichs and Ellis to focus on the many administrative, scouting and coaching education aspects of their positions while continuing to develop positive relationships with the American youth soccer community.

“This is an exciting time in the girls’ and Womens US Soccer Team games here in the U.S.,” said Heinrichs. “We’re clearly still one of the best teams in the world but we have room for improvement. This year’s Women’s World Cup showed us that countries are developing quickly and raising the level of the women’s game around the world. In order for us to continue to be one of the top teams at every level, we must work together for the betterment of our players and teams. In that vein, I’m excited to bring Steve Swanson and Albertin Montoya into our youth national team staff as they are both very talented coaches with the personality and vision to help accomplish these goals.”

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