How the Matildas gorgeous World Cup success may price them the providers of coach Tony Gustavsson

Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson has been earmarked as a possible candidate to repair the USA ladies’s nationwide staff after America’s disastrous exhibiting on the Women’s World Cup.

The four-time champions had been dumped out of the competition in a penalty-shootout loss to Sweden on the round-of-16 stage.

It was America’s worst-ever efficiency on the match and head coach Vlatko Andonovski seems set to pay the worth, with reviews within the USA suggesting he posted his resignation on Wednesday.

Andonovski’s predecessor Jill Ellis claimed Gustavsson was ripe for the USA job following his exploits with the Matildas.

The Swede, who guided Australia to Wednesday’s semi-final defeat, labored with Ellis en path to the USA being topped world champions in 2015 and 2019.

Tony Gustavsson has been earmarked as a possible candidate to repair the USA nationwide staff

Ex-USA staff coach Jill Ellis claimed Gustavsson was ripe for the USA job

‘He ought to undoubtedly be a powerful candidate for the job,’ Ellis informed ESPN.

‘I do not assume persons are giving him and his workers sufficient credit score for having navigated most of this match with out arguably among the finest gamers on the earth.

‘Most of us as coaches wouldn’t have stated Australia was even near being a contender with out (Sam) Kerr, in order that’s fairly exceptional what they have been capable of navigate as a workers.’

Gustavsson is contracted by Soccer Australia till the top of the 2024 Olympics.

He took Australia to the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics however suffered a humiliating Asian Cup quarter-final exit by the hands of South Korea in 2022.

Regardless of issues being raised over the Matildas’ path, FA backed Gustavsson in and reaped the rewards of their enthralling run to the semi-final.

Gustavsson’s facet will play Sweden within the third-place play-off in Brisbane on Saturday earlier than Olympic qualifiers in Perth in October.