Angel City Football Club made the news official Thursday, officially naming Becki Tweed as coach, the second in the franchise’s history.
The Athletic’s Meg Linehan first reported last week that the club was set to make the announcement official this week.
The move shouldn’t come as a surprise considering how the club performed under Tweed after she was promoted to coach in June after the club fired Freya Coombe.
The move made an immediate impact in both league play and Challenge Cup competition. Angel City posted an 8-1-5 record under Tweed and finished fifth in the league, qualifying for the NWSL Playoffs. In league competition, ACFC went 6-1-4 under Tweed.
Tweed was also one of three finalists for the NWSL Coach of the Year Award.
Tweed was hired as an assistant coach in January after three seasons as an assistant with NJ/NY Gotham FC. Tweed also served as an assistant with the U.S. U-20 Women’s Team at the U-20 World Cup in 2022.
The club set Thursday morning news conference at its team offices in Santa Monica.
Angel City defender M.A. Vignola said of Tweed at the end of the regular season:
“Becki has done an amazing job. … She knows how we work and how to say things to us. She knows how each player works.
“You can even tell at training that she’s very in tune with everyone individually. That helps us as a collective because it enables us to be able to talk to each other in certain ways. We push each other and get through the nitty and gritty. That’s what she does best that was missing.”
