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00:04 >> Okay, well, look, you were astute enough when this was going on.
00:08 I think maybe even after the first match Kyle to come on and say, hey, look,
00:12 there's probably gonna be a change in leadership for the women on their
00:17 national team and they finally, well not finally, I guess that's not fair.
00:20 But they did make the change.
00:22 They got a resignation from their coach when essentially,
00:25 he probably would have been, I'm guessing, let go anyway.
00:28 You'll have to tell me.
00:29 So let's touch on that.
00:31 The resignation, was this surprising at all to you?
00:34 And then the question that everybody else has moving forward, Kyle,
00:37 is who could potentially be next to bring them back to glory?
00:40 >> Yeah, it's not surprising at all.
00:42 I mean, he was heavily criticized for
00:44 the struggles for the US women at the World Cup.
00:47 This is the worst ever performance.
00:49 They had never failed to reach the semifinals previously.
00:52 And they only got to the round of 16 before they were eliminated.
00:55 They looked terrible en route there.
00:57 It wasn't even surprising that they got knocked out.
00:59 So this is not a surprising move at all.
01:01 It's the best option for all parties.
01:03 Vlako is getting interest from abroad and
01:06 domestically to coach at the club level.
01:09 So he wants to take advantage of that.
01:11 And the US would like to get on with their coaching search.
01:15 And his contract was awkwardly, usually most international coaches have their
01:20 contracts either through their continental tournament or the World Cup.
01:24 That's just how it's done in the men's and the women's game.
01:26 Everybody gets reevaluated after those big tournaments.
01:28 For whatever reason, Vlako's contract ran through the end of the year.
01:32 So it would have been really awkward for everybody to have him on through the end
01:36 of the year and then not renew his contract.
01:38 This is the best option for everybody.
01:39 Now he can go pursue the other opportunities.
01:42 The US women can move on.
01:45 So it's not at all surprising that this is the outcome here.
01:48 Right now, the next coach is Twyla Kilgore, who is one of his assistants.
01:53 She's been with the US national team for a couple of years.
01:56 She's a pioneer in women's soccer coaching in license or something to that effect.
02:02 So she is very qualified, but she's only here on the interim basis.
02:06 She's likely not going to be the permanent manager.
02:11 The leading candidate is Serena Wigeman, who is the England head coach and
02:15 has them in the World Cup final.
02:17 She is clearly the best coach in the world right now.
02:19 The question is, will she leave England?
02:21 She's a great spot there.
02:22 She made the World Cup final.
02:23 She won the Euros last year, and she took the Netherlands to the World Cup final
02:27 four years ago.
02:28 So she's in a great spot and a rising power in England.
02:33 A lot of other candidates, Bev Priestman with Canada, Tony Gustafson of Australia,
02:39 Peter Gerhardsen of Sweden.
02:40 A lot of options.
02:42 Also a lot of questions with a lot of those candidates.
02:44 So Wigeman's the number one choice, but the question is, would she leave England?
02:48 Not a guarantee.
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