ZURICH (AP) — women’s soccer coach There will be more opportunities to work at the Women’s World Cup and other tournaments after FIFA passed new rules on Thursday.
FIFA has announced that it will require “at least one woman from each team to be the head coach or assistant coach” in women’s competitions.
Of the 32 teams participating in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, only 10 had a female head coach, including England’s Sarina Wigman, who was eliminated in the final.
“We must do more to accelerate change by creating clearer pathways, expanding opportunities and raising the profile of women on the sidelines,” Jill Ellis, FIFA’s chief football officer, said in a statement.
FIFA’s policy is to spread to the world what European soccer organization UEFA, which has developed the women’s game, has done.
Only seven of the 16 teams at the Women’s European Championship had female head coaches, but all teams with a male head coach were required to have a female assistant coach.
Wiegmann’s guidance England retain European titleThis was her third consecutive year, and the eighth consecutive year for a female head coach in this competition since 1997.
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