Kansas City Current enter the new season after a disappointing playoff run with a new head coach. Vladko Andonovski replaces Chris Armas.
Kansas City Current won the league part of season 2025 and entered the playoffs as favourites. However, they were unexpectedly eliminated by the team that finished eighth in the standings - NY Giotham, and their title run came to an end much earlier than anyone had expected.
The club have agreed terms to appoint Chris Armas as their new head coach, with the deal expected to be finalized pending standard league clearance, marking a key coaching change ahead of the 2026 NWSL season
This appointment would be Armas’s first head coaching role in professional women’s football outside of his earlier university coaching experience, representing a notable shift from the men’s game to the NWSL. Armas himself is former professional player with 66 caps for the US national team.
Armas steps in after Vlatko Andonovski transitioned away from head coaching duties to focus solely on his role as sporting director following the Current’s record-setting 2025 regular season (winning the NWSL Shield).
