The San Diego Wave are set to appoint Jonas Eidevall as their new head coach after his departure from Arsenal. The club attracted Eidevall with its new ownership vision and growth opportunities.
San Diego is set to hire former Arsenal women's manager Jonas Eidevall as its next head coach, The Athletic reported Monday, citing sources briefed on the deal. Other NWSL clubs and national teams were interested, but the vision of the new ownership as well as the opportunity for growth at the Wave appealed to him. An official announcement of the hire is expected to arrive in the coming days.
The Equalizer was first to report the San Diego's new ownership vision, opportunities for growth and attendance charts appealed to Eidevall, The Athletic added, as he also attracted interest from fellow Eidevall established his reputation as Arsenal manager after managing multiple smaller teams. The now-41-year-old Swede joined the Women's Super League in 2021, staying until the first few games of the 2024-25 season when his side began to go sharply backwards. He had signed a three-year extension in October 2023. In his time with Arsenal, the club won two League Cups in 2023 and 2024 as Chelsea had a firm grasp on the league title. Arsenal also reached the 2022-23 Eidevall will join a Wave side that is under new ownership since October, when the Levine Leichtman family made a NWSL-record purchase of the team. President Jill Ellis also left in December to become chief football officer at icon and team captain Alex Morgan retiring. Casey Stoney was the team's last permanent manager, but she was let go midseason and not properly replaced. icon Landon Donovan each had interim stints, but Eidevall will look to bring stability into the side as well as lift the club back into title conversations
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