{"id":248789,"date":"2026-06-17T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/angel-city-fire-head-coach-alex-straus-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:43:39","slug":"angel-city-fire-head-coach-alex-straus-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/angel-city-fire-head-coach-alex-straus-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel City fire head coach Alex Straus \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/USATSI_28654116-1000x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-post-feat-img--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mvp-feat-caption\">Photo Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Angel City FC announced Wednesday that it is parting ways with head coach Alex Straus, effective immediately. Senior assistant coach Leif Gunnar Smerud will act as interim head coach while Angel City conducts a search for its new head coach. <\/p>\n<p>Angel City sits in 12th place in the 16-team league standings, having won four games, drawn one, and lost six.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club\u2019s focus remains on supporting its players, competing at the highest level, and building a high-performance environment that gives the players the best opportunity to succeed,\u201d the coaching change announcement read.<\/p>\n<p>Straus joined Angel City in April 2025. Before joining the National Women\u2019s Soccer League, he led Bayern Munich Women to back-to-back Frauen-Bundesliga titles after winning the league in Norway with Sandviken\/Brann. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex brought real energy and passion to Angel City, developing our style of play and overseeing the important development of our players,\u201d said Angel City Sporting Director Mark Parsons in a release. \u201cHe guided one of the youngest rosters in NWSL history through a pivotal period of growth. We are deeply grateful for Alex\u2019s leadership and the progress made during his tenure, and we wish him nothing but success in his next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Equalizer Soccer\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/2026\/06\/17\/angel-city-fire-head-coach-alex-straus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Credit: Russell Lansford-Imagn Images Angel City FC announced Wednesday that it is parting ways with head coach Alex Straus, effective immediately. Senior assistant coach Leif Gunnar Smerud will act as interim head coach while Angel City conducts a search for its new head coach. 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