Eric Ramsay has left Manchester United to affix Minnesota United and develop into the youngest head coach in Main League Soccer historical past.
The 32-year-old Welshman, who was a first-team coach beneath Erik ten Hag at Outdated Trafford, is the newest British coach to cross the Atlantic, becoming a member of the likes of Phil Neville and Dean Smith.
In a press release issued by Minnesota United, Ramsay stated: “I’m extremely excited to be becoming a member of a membership with such a powerful soccer tradition, a fanatic fan-base and an excellent infrastructure.
“I’ve spoken to loads of the membership’s workers all through the method and you’ll’t assist however really feel everybody’s ardour for shifting the membership ahead.”
The membership has introduced Eric Ramsay because the second head coach in Minnesota United’s Main League Soccer historical past. Ramsay joins the membership from Manchester United, the place he served as a first-team coach beneath present supervisor Erik ten Hag pic.twitter.com/GiMKz2huxQ
— Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) February 26, 2024
Ramsay joined Manchester United as a coach beneath Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2021 and likewise served as an assistant coach to the Welsh nationwide staff in 2023.
He began his profession working with junior ranges at Swansea and likewise acted as interim head coach at his home-town membership Shrewsbury earlier than shifting to work with the Chelsea Beneath-23s.
Ramsay grew to become the youngest British coach to earn his UEFA Professional Licence in 2019.
Minnesota’s Chief Soccer Officer Khaled El-Ahmad stated: “After an in depth search that included dozens of spectacular home and worldwide candidates, we’re assured that Eric Ramsay is your best option to steer our membership.
“His expertise working with top-level gamers, coaches, and sporting workers at each the membership and worldwide degree – in addition to his alignment in enjoying model and growth philosophy – all match with the imaginative and prescient now we have for the way forward for MNUFC.”
