Mark Parsons, the coach who took the defending champion Netherlands to the quarterfinals of the ladies’s European Championships, has left the job by mutual settlement with the Dutch soccer federation.
The Royal Netherlands Football Federation, identified by its native acronym KNVB, introduced Parsons’ departure on Wednesday. It referred to as the group’s play and outcomes on the match “disappointing.”
Parsons succeeded Sarina Wiegman, who led the Netherlands to the European title on dwelling soil in 2017 and repeated the feat with England final month.
He had been within the job since May final yr with a contract by the present World Cup qualifying marketing campaign. Parsons joined the Dutch group from the Portland Thorns within the US National Women’s Soccer League.
De KNVB en Mark Parsons hebben gezamenlijk besloten de samenwerking per direct te beëindigen.
Mark, bedankt voor alle inzet. We wensen je al het goeds voor de toekomst!
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— OranjeLeeuwinnen (@oranjevrouwen) August 10, 2022
While Wiegman gained widespread plaudits for her tactical savvy in steering England to victory over Germany within the remaining, Parsons confronted criticism at dwelling for failing to ignite a gifted Dutch group — that additionally was hit by accidents and COVID-19 absences on the match earlier than being knocked out by France within the quarterfinals.
“In the run-up to and at the European Championship, both the style of play and the results were disappointing and we cannot afford that,” Jan Dirk van der Zee, who’s liable for ladies’s soccer on the KNVB, stated in a press release . “The bar is excessive. The Netherlands was defending champion and likewise a finalist on the final World Cup, we need to compete for prizes.”
The federation stated it’ll appoint a substitute quickly because the group bids to qualify for subsequent yr’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
