Lyon women's team hires Bompastor as first female coach

[ASFN Admin]

Europe's most successful women's soccer team has hired a woman as its coach for the first time with Lyon's appointment of Sonia Bompastor to replace Jean-Luc Vasseur. The seven-time European champion on Tuesday parted ways with Vasseur after the team recently was knocked out of the Women's Champions League at the quarterfinal stage. Lyon had won five consecutive Champions League titles but was eliminated by French rival Paris Saint-Germain this season.

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