ZURICH (AP) 鈥� will get more chances to work at the Women鈥檚 World Cup and other tournaments after FIFA passed a new rule Thursday.
FIFA said it will require at its women鈥檚 tournaments that 鈥渁t least one female must be a head coach or assistant coach鈥� of each team.
Just 10 of 32 teams at the 2023 Women鈥檚 World Cup had a female head coach, including Sarina Wiegman of beaten finalist England.
鈥淲e must do more to accelerate change by creating clearer pathways, expanding opportunities, and increasing the visibility for women on our sidelines,鈥� FIFA鈥檚 Chief Football Officer Jill Ellis said in a statement.
FIFA鈥檚 policy will aim to spread globally what European soccer body UEFA has done where the women’s game is more developed.
Though just seven of 16 teams at the Women鈥檚 European Championship had a female head coach, all that appointed a man as head coach had to have a female assistant coach.
Wiegman guided , which was her own third in a row and an eighth straight for female head coaches in the competition dating back to 1997.
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