Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson has been earmarked as a possible candidate to repair the USA girls’s nationwide group after a disastrous displaying on the Girls’s World Cup.
The four-time champions had been dumped out of the competitors in a penalty-shootout loss to Sweden on the round-of-16 stage.
It was America’s worst-ever efficiency on the match and head coach Vlatko Andonovski appears set to pay the value, with reviews within the USA suggesting on Wednesday his resignation was imminent.
Andonovski’s predecessor Jill Ellis claimed Gustavsson was ripe for the USA job following his exploits with the Matildas.
The Swede, who guided Australia to Wednesday’s semi-final defeat, labored with Ellis en path to the USA being topped world champions in 2015 and 2019.
“He ought to positively be a powerful candidate for the job,” Ellis instructed ESPN.
“I do not suppose persons are giving him and his employees sufficient credit score for having navigated most of this match with out arguably probably the greatest gamers on the planet.
“Most of us as coaches wouldn’t have stated Australia was even near being a contender with out (Sam) Kerr, in order that’s fairly outstanding what they have been in a position to navigate as a employees.”
Gustavsson is contracted by Soccer Australia till the top of the 2024 Olympics.
He took Australia to the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics however suffered a humiliating Asian Cup quarter-final exit by the hands of South Korea in 2022.
Regardless of issues being raised over the Matildas’ course, FA backed Gustavsson in and reaped the rewards of their enthralling run to the semi-final.
Gustavsson’s aspect will play Sweden within the third-place play-off in Brisbane on Saturday earlier than Olympic qualifiers in Perth in October.