U.S. Soccer has appointed Southampton director of football operations Matt Crocker as the nation’s next sporting director.
The 48-year-old Welshman replaces Earnie Stewart, who led the U.S. men’s national team through the 2022 World Cup before leaving to become PSV Eindhoven’s director of football.
Before his role overseeing the youth academy setup at Southampton, Crocker was England’s head of development teams, where he helped the FA develop the “England DNA” structure that created continuity from youth teams to the senior national team. While with the English FA, England won the 2017 U-17 World Cup, U-20 World Cup and the European U-19 championship.
