Former United States women's national team manager Vlatko Andonovski is returning to the managerial ranks, having been hired to coach the NWSL's Kansas City Current, club sources confirmed to ESPN.
The Washington Post was first to report the news. — Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Kansas City had been without a permanent manager since April 19, when it fired Matt Potter.
The team had been managed on an interim basis by Caroline Sjoblom, with the team failing to make the NWSL playoffs after finishing in 11th place out of 12 teams.
The season of struggle comes just one year after the Current reached the NWSL final, losing to the Portland Thorns 2-0. Andonovski, 47, returns to the city where he previously won consecutive NWSL titles in 2014 and 2015 with the side then known as FC Kansas City.