Monday Dispatch: Rising English influence in the NWSL

Seven out of the 12 NWSL coaches are English, and an eighth has just been dismissed from his post. With many more behind the scenes, they are having major success stateside

Mark Parsons is the latest English coach to return to the NWSL, taking over at Washington Spirit. Image: Simon Bellis / Sportimage

For whatever reason, English coaches appear to have always had quite the affiliation with the NWSL and the USA in general.

At the start of the new season, eight of the 12 head coaches stateside were English, with that figure d…