Freya Coombe
Club information | |||
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Current team | Angel City FC (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Reading | |||
Teams managed | |||
2013–2014 | Reading Reserves | ||
2019 | Sky Blue FC (interim) | ||
2020–2021 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | ||
2022– | Angel City FC | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Freya Coombe is an English football manager and former player who currently manages Angel City FC of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).[1]
Early life[]
Coombe grew up in Buckinghamshire.[2]
Club career[]
Coombe played for Reading for five years.[3]
Managerial career[]
Coombe coached in various roles at Reading over a seven-year period, including managing the club's reserve team.[3] She then moved to the United States and coached youth soccer in the New York metropolitan area.[4]
In September 2019, Coombe was named interim head coach of Sky Blue FC of the National Women's Soccer League.[3] The team removed her interim tag in December 2019.[3]
In August 2021, Coombe was named head coach of Angel City FC for the 2022 NWSL season.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Angel City names Freya Coombe as new coach". Los Angeles Times. 22 August 2021.
- ^ Lauletta, Dan (23 December 2019). "'It's hard not to be energized': Meet new Sky Blue head coach Freya Coombe". The Equalizer. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sky Blue FC Names Freya Coombe Head Coach". Sky Blue FC. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Freya Coombe appointed as Sky Blue - NYSC Girls Director of Scouting and U19 Girls Development Academy Coach". New York Soccer Club. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
External links[]
- Freya Coombe at LinkedIn
Categories:
- English women's football managers
- National Women's Soccer League coaches
- NJ/NY Gotham FC coaches
- English women's footballers
- English expatriate football managers
- Reading F.C. Women players
- Living people
- English expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire
- Footballers from Berkshire
- Angel City FC coaches
- English women's football biography stubs