Angel City hires former Thorns and Netherlands coach Mark Parsons as new GM

Angel City hires former Thorns and Netherlands coach Mark Parsons as new GM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Portland Thorns and Netherlands national team coach Mark Parsons has been named Angel City’s new sporting director and general manager. Parsons replaces Angela Hucles Mangano, who mutually parted ways with the National Women’s Soccer League club in December and is now with for the Houston Dash. Among Parsons’ first tasks will be hiring a new head coach. Angel City fired coach Becki Tweed in December after a disappointin…

Angel City hires ex-Thorns coach Parsons as SD

Angel City Football Club has appointed Mark Parsons as the team's new sporting director ahead of the 2025 NWSL season to oversee all matters related to soccer operations.

Angel City FC hires Mark Parsons as new Sporting Director

Mark Parsons, who won the NWSL championship with the Portland Thorns, is the new Sporting Director at Angel City FC.

NWSL's Angel City turn to Mark Parsons to put things right on the pitch - Inside World Football

January 17 – While Angel City FC (ACFC) have not won anything on the pitch, anything they do off the pitch is big news, and that trend continues with the announcement that the club has appointed Mark Parsons as the team’s new sporting director ahead of the 2025 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season to oversee all matters related to soccer operations. His duties in the upcoming season will be to supervise the technical staff, Read more … T…

Angel City hires Mark Parsons as sporting director - Soccer America

Parsons, who started in the NWSL's first season as the Washington Spirit head coach at the age of 26, Is the new sporting director. The post Angel City hires Mark Parsons as sporting director appeared first on Soccer America.

Angel City hires Mark Parsons as sporting director

Mark Parsons is the new sporting director of Angel City FC, the club announced on Wednesday. Parsons is a longtime veteran of the NWSL, having been involved in the league since its inaugural season in 2013. Most of his career to date, however, has been as a coach. Now, he is tasked with a wider oversight of arguably the NWSL’s most high-profile club – and that task includes hiring a head coach. His hiring fills the recently vacated position of g…