Atlanta United on Friday named Ronny Deila because the membership’s head coach by way of the 2027 MLS season.
Deila is making a return to MLS, having coached New York City FC to the MLS Cup in 2021.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Ronny as the brand new head coach of Atlanta United,” membership president and CEO Garth Lagerwey stated. “He has a confirmed monitor document of profitable in a number of leagues around the globe, together with the 2021 MLS Cup with NYCFC, and his information of MLS was a key consider our search.
“We consider his type of play aligns with the membership’s philosophy as we glance to construct a group that may compete for trophies persistently.”
Deila has gained a complete of six trophies, together with 4 league titles and two home cup competitions in his 17 years of teaching. In two seasons in cost at Scottish Premiership membership Celtic, Deila led the group to the 2015 Scottish League Cup and consecutive league titles in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
“I need to thank Arthur M. Blank and Garth Lagerwey for this chance and could not be extra excited to hitch Atlanta United,” Deila stated. “This is a membership with nice possession, wonderful amenities and the ambition to succeed and proceed to drive the league ahead. I’m blissful to return to MLS, a aggressive league that I take pleasure in, and I’m desperate to arrive and get to work with our group of gamers.”
The 49-year-old left NYCFC to hitch Standard Liege on July 1, 2022 and led the membership to a sixth-place end within the Belgian Pro League and a 17-14-9 document that season. His final job was as a coach for Al Wahda within the United Arab Emirates, the place he lasted solely 5 months.
In switch information, Atlanta United acquired midfielder Mateusz Klich from D.C. United in change for a first-round decide in Friday’s draft.
D.C. United receives the twenty third total decide within the MLS SuperDraft.
Klich, 34, recorded six targets and 22 assists in 63 MLS matches (62 begins) with D.C. through the 2023-24 seasons.
The Poland worldwide beforehand performed for England‘s Leeds United (2017-23) in addition to stints within the Netherlands (Utrecht, Twente and PEC Zwolle) and Germany (VfL Wolfsburg II and FC Kaiserslautern) and Poland (Cracovia).
