Wilfried Nancy leaves CF Montreal to take over as Columbus Crew coach

MONTREAL — Wilfried Nancy, a finalist for MLS coach of the yr, has left CF Montreal to take over the Columbus Crew.

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The 45-year-old Nancy succeeds Caleb Porter, who was fired in the future after the common season ended Oct. 9 with the Crew (10-8-16) ending eighth within the Eastern Conference, lacking out on the playoffs for a second straight yr.

Nancy, in the meantime, led Montreal to second place within the East with a 20-9-5 report. Montreal opened the playoffs by beating Orlando 2-0 earlier than falling 3-1 to New York City FC within the East semifinal.

The common season noticed Montreal set franchise data for wins (20), factors (65) and targets scored (63), amongst different marks. Its 35 factors away from house was additionally an MLS report within the non-shootout period.

Nancy narrowly misplaced to Philadelphia’s Jim Curtin in balloting for the 2022 Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award. Curtin had 23.57 per cent of the vote by MLS technical workers, media, and gamers, whereas Nancy had 23.47 per cent.

Montreal has already seen loads of turnover with U.S. star midfielder Djordje Mihailovic and Canadian internationals Alistair Johnston and Ismael Kone transferring to golf equipment in Europe.

Nancy succeeded Thierry Henry as Montreal head coach in March 2021 after the previous star striker introduced his departure from the membership for household causes.

Nancy labored in quite a lot of roles with Montreal, serving as a coach with the membership’s academy since its inception in 2011. He coached the membership’s under-16, under-18 and under-21 groups earlier than changing into a first-team assistant coach in 2016.

Born in Toulon, Nancy performed from 1995 to 2005 in France.