Freya Coombe is an English football manager and former player who is an assistant coach for the Kansas City Current of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She formerly managed NJ/NY Gotham FC and Angel City FC of the NWSL.
Coombe then moved to the United States and coached youth soccer in the New York metropolitan area, in part thanks to a reference from former Reading player Mikaela Howell then working at Everton America, a Connecticut-based youth affiliate of Everton F.C.
The team removed her interim tag in December 2019. The club later renamed to NJ/NY Gotham FC. The club's best result in an NWSL competition during Coombe's tenure was reaching the finals of the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, where Gotham FC drew 1–1 against Portland Thorns FC after extra time and lost 5–6 in a penalty shootout.
On 22 August 2021, NWSL expansion team Angel City FC named Coombe its first head coach, to begin play in the 2022 NWSL season. After initially planning on managing Gotham FC for the remainder of the 2021 NWSL season, Gotham FC general manager Yael Averbuch West announced on 24 August 2021 that the team and Coombe agreed that Coombe should resign on 29 August 2021.
On June 15, 2023, Angel City FC announced that it had "parted ways" with Coombe the previous day. A report by Meg Linehan in The Athletic published on June 14 claimed the team had fired her. Her firing followed a start to the season, and Angel City were in 11th place of 12 teams at the time of her exit.
+ Managerial record by team and tenure, all official competitions | ||
NJ/NY Gotham FCSky Blue FC changed its name to NJ/NY Gotham FC in 2021 | 4 September 2019 | 29 August 2021 |
Angel City FC | 19 March 2022 | 14 June 2023 |
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