Jan 16, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Portland Thorns and Netherlands national team coach Mark Parsons has been named Angel City’s new sporting director and general manager. Parsons replaces Angela Hucles Mangano, who mutually parted ways with the National Women’s Soccer League club in December and is now with for the Houston Dash.

Jan 15, 2025 · Parsons, who has extensive NWSL head coaching experience from the Washington Spirit and Portland Thorns FC, as well as the Netherlands women’s national team, will fully shift into leading the Los...

Jan 15, 2025 · Today, Angel City FC announced the hiring of Mark Parsons as the club’s new sporting director and general manager. He will oversee all soccer operations including: technical staff, scouting, analytics, sports medical, performance, and player care.

Jan 15, 2025 · Parsons is the only head coach in NWSL history to win an NWSL Shield, NWSL Championship, and NWSL Challenge Cup. He guided Thorns FC to the playoffs every season of his tenure, helping the team...

On 20 May 2021, the KNVB announced that Parsons would succeed Sarina Wiegman as head coach of the Netherlands women's national football team after the conclusion of the 2020 Summer Olympics; he continued to coach the Portland Thorns until November 2021 after the season finished, when the position was taken over by Rhian Wilkinson.

Nov 21, 2022 · Mark Parsons is back in the NWSL. After starting his career with the Washington Spirit, Parsons is back again for another round in the nation’s capital. Parsons was named Washington Spirit head coach on Monday, Nov. 21. He returns to the National Women’s Soccer League after coaching in the Netherlands, where he was the Dutch […]

Oct 17, 2023 · The Washington Spirit have parted ways with coach Mark Parsons after the team narrowly missed the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. No specific reason was given for the move Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

May 21, 2021 · The first time I met Mark Parsons was the night he coached his first National Women’s Soccer League match. It was just happenstance that I planned to be at the Maryland SoccerPlex on July 3, 2013, and that three days earlier the Washington Spirit had given Mike Jorden the heave-ho. Parsons was coaching the Spirit […]

Jan 16, 2025 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Portland Thorns and Netherlands national team coach Mark Parsons has been named Angel City’s new sporting director and general manager. Parsons replaces Angela...

Nov 21, 2022 · Mark Parsons is returning the National Women’s Soccer League. The former Portland Thorns manager returns with the Washington Spirit, being named the side’s next head coach. Parsons previously coached in Washington D.C., serving as manager from 2013-15, before coaching Portland from 2016-21.