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New York Power Name
Sermanni As New Head Coach
NEW YORK NY (September 4, 2002) Former
Women's Australian National Team Leader and San Jose Assistant To Head
Power in 2003.
New York Power general manager Susan Marenoff announced today that Tom
Sermanni, former women's Australian women's national team coach as the
team's new head coach for the 2003 season.
Sermanni most recently spent the past
two seasons as an assistant with the San Jose CyberRays. Besides helping
to coach the Cyberrays to a championship in 2001, Sermanni joins the
Power with a wealth of international soccer experience.
"Tom brings with him an abundance
of international and domestic soccer experience and has had success on
many different levels, " said Marenoff. "We look forward to
him leading this team in the right direction, and that is back to the
playoffs."
Sermanni coached the Australian women's
national team from 1994 through 1996 with a record of 13-16-3. His 1995
team qualified for and played in the 1995 Women's World Cup in Sweden.
Prior to joining the CyberRays in 2000, Sermanni coached the Canberra
(Australia) Cosmos of the men's National Soccer League.
"I am delighted to be given this
opportunity by the Power to become a head coach in the WUSA and in New
York especially," said Sermanni. "I look forward to the
challenges in the season ahead."
A native of Scotland, he played for
Albion and Dunfermline in that country and for Blackpool and Torquay
United in the English league. After retiring as a player, Sermanni spent
two years as coach of San Frecce Hiroshima in Japan. In 1992 he coached
Sydney Olympic in Australia and also spent two years as a coach at the
Australian Institute of Sport.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1954, he
is married to Alison Sermanni, both are dual citizens of England and
Australia.
[Source: Darren Hawks, (212)
372-0439, John Sciacca, (212) 372-0437; Dan Courtemanche, 678-645-0757]
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