CHICAGO (Sep. 26, 2018) – North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley was voted National Women’s Soccer League 2018 Coach of the Year, the NWSL announced today.

Riley, 55, has guided his team to their second straight NWSL Shield with a 17-1-6 record and, with a 3-0 win last Saturday, became the first coach to secure the Shield and the Championship Trophy in the same season. This is Riley’s second Coach of the Year award, after he led the Courage to the league’s best record in their first season in North Carolina last year. Seattle Reign coach Vlatko Andonovski and Portland Thorns’ Mark Parsons were second and third in the voting, respectively.

2018 Coach of the Year Voting Results

Coach

FANS

MEDIA

CLUB

PLAYER

TOTAL

Paul Riley

31.3%

50.0%

44.4%

41.9%

41.9%

Vlatko Andonovski

23.5%

28.4%

33.3%

43.4%

34.4%

Mark Parsons

45.2%

21.6%

22.2%

14.7%

23.7%

List of NWSL Coaches of the Year:

YEAR COACH CLUB

2013 Vlatko Andonovski FC Kansas City 2014 Laura Harvey Seattle Reign 2015 Laura Harvey Seattle Reign 2016 Mark Parsons Portland Thorns 2017 Paul Riley North Carolina Courage 2018 Paul Riley NC Courage The NWSL awards are voted on by club officials, players, media that cover the league on a consistent basis and fans. — www.NWSLsoccer.com —