Mark Parsons has left his post as manager of Netherlands Women by mutual consent after his side were eliminated in the quarter-finals at Euro 2022.
A statement from the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) on Wednesday confirmed that Parsons, who succeeded Sarina Weigman in May 2021 after she had led them to victory at the previous Euros, would be leaving his post. “In the run-up to and at the European Championship, both the games shown and the results were disappointing and we cannot afford that.
The bar is high,” said KNVB board member Jan Dirk van der Zee. Related: From 1966 to 2022: two finals a world apart, but Lionesses’ win felt even sweeter | Tony Leighton “The Netherlands was defending champion and also a finalist at the last World Cup, we want to participate for the prizes.
With a view to the current World Cup qualifying series, it has been decided that someone else will be at the helm in the very short term.