The U.S. Women’s National Team didn’t have the showing it hoped for at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, suffering its earliest exit ever with a loss in the round of 16. Changes at the top were almost guaranteed.
With the resignation of head coach Vlatko Andonovski, a leader was needed during the transition. Enter Arizona soccer alumna Twila Kilgore (nee Kaufman), who was named the interim head coach on Thursday.
Kilgore has been a trailblazer her entire career. She became a Wildcat just four years after the program started, earning the team’s Rookie of the Year award as a freshman in 1998.