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Columbus Crew Hires Henrik Rydstrom as New Head Coach

Columbus Crew Appoints Henrik Rydstrom as New Head Coach The Columbus Crew has named Henrik Rydstrom, a 49-year-old with a successful coaching background, as their new head coach. Rydstrom, who spent two decades as a midfielder with Kalmar, takes over from Wilfried Nancy, who left to coach Scotlands Glasgow Celtic. Rydstrom is bringing assistant coach Theodor Olsson and first-team analyst Mak Pakhei from his Malmo staff, while retaining goalkeeper coach Phil Boerger and head of video and data analysis Marc ONeill from Nancys crew. Rydstroms impressive coaching resume includes leading Malmo to back-to-back league titles and the 2024 Swedish Cup championship. Checkout Solipillow.com

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