Brighton & Hove Albion are hoping new head coach Dario Vidosic will assist them safe a top-four spot subsequent season within the Barclays Ladies’s Tremendous League.
The Australia worldwide, who will stay on the membership till 2027, will arrive to the south coast contemporary from title victory after main A-League membership Melbourne Metropolis to success final season.
Vidosic can be changing Melissa Phillips, who was the topic of a controversial sacking after simply ten months on the Seagulls in February.
It was reported that Phillips took half in a press convention at 2:30pm and was then later dismissed at 6:45pm on the identical day. The membership’s technical director blamed her axing on funding not aligning with outcomes.
The information was met with some backlash, contemplating she’d helped the membership keep away from relegation, and on the time they have been within the quarter-finals of the League Cup and fifth spherical of the FA Cup.
Brighton’s managing director of ladies’s and lady’s soccer mentioned Vidosic caught their eye after being a “younger coach with a progressive outlook”.
She defined: “He has a taking part in model and philosophy that aligns with how we would like Brighton & Hove Albion groups to play. We’re actually excited to begin working with Dario to organize for the upcoming Ladies’s Tremendous League season.”
Technical director David Weir added that he believes Vidosic “will assist us take a big step in the direction of our imaginative and prescient of being a high 4 WSL membership”.
Vidosic has each teaching and taking part in expertise, after having spells in Australia with Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Metropolis and Adelaide United, in addition to stints in Germany and New Zealand. The 37-year-old additionally represented his nation 23 occasions between 2009 and 2014.
In the identical announcement, Brighton additionally confirmed Chris Roberts could be becoming a member of as Vidosic’s assistant head coach. He comes from Everton after being on the membership since 2018 in the identical position, earlier than leaving on the finish of final season.
The Seagulls have had a busy summer season switch window thus far, after bagging WSL legend Fran Kirby, following her exit from Chelsea. They’ve additionally signed defenders Marisa Olislagers and Marit Auee from FC Twente and striker Kiko Seike from WE league aspect Urawa Reds.
It is clear the membership is investing in high-profile and rising expertise in a bid to enhance upon their closing putting within the WSL final season.
