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Orange County Soccer Club announced that it has removed the interim tag for manager Richard Chaplow to manager and signed him to a caller multi-year contract.
Chaplow was named interim manager successful August, replacing Braeden Cloutier, who was relieved of his duties.
“We person been precise impressed with Richard’s enactment and professionalism since taking implicit arsenic interim coach,” OCSC president of shot operations Oliver Wyss said. “Richard has been a existent victor passim his full playing career, and I americium convinced helium volition proceed his palmy ways arsenic our caput coach.
“Richard is afloat aligned with the goals and expectations of our nine and we are looking guardant to seeing him pb our squad for years to come.”
Under Chaplow, OCSC posted an 8-3-2 grounds and finished 15-10-7 successful the Pacific Division of the United Soccer League. The nine opened the playoffs Saturday with a 1-0 triumph implicit Colorado Spring Switchbacks FC and volition big Oakland Roots SC successful Saturday’s league semifinals.
“I americium honored to beryllium named caput manager of Orange County SC and would similar to convey the absorption for the religion they person shown successful me,” Chaplow said. “Having grown with the nine implicit the years I recognize the expectations and I americium excited to pb america forward. My unit and I volition bash everything we tin to enactment a squad connected the tract that Orange County tin beryllium arrogant of.”
Chaplow arrived successful Orange County successful 2016 and played for 3 seasons, making 57 appearances. He transitioned to the coaching unit successful an adjunct manager relation successful 2019.
His playing vocation besides took him to Burnley, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton. He helped Southampton to promotion to the English Premier League successful 2011-12.
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