Rebecca Susan Tweed is an English women's football manager and former player who is interim head coach of Angel City FC in the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and an assistant coach for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team. She previously served as an assistant coach and interim head coach of NJ/NY Gotham FC.
Playing career
Tweed played professionally for six years in the FA Women's Premier League for Bristol City and Millwall. She then moved to the United States and played for Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) teams Jersey Blues FC and Millburn Magic.
Sky Blue FC, 2020
On 10 October 2020, Tweed — serving as assistant coach for Sky Blue FC — also dressed as a bench player for a match against Chicago Red Stars in the 2020 NWSL Fall Series, wearing squad number 29 and rostered as a midfielder. She did not appear in the match. As a result, her playing rights in the NWSL were made available in the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft.
International
Tweed played for England's national teams at the youth level.
Managerial career
Monmouth University
Tweed joined Monmouth University as an assistant coach in 2017.
Sky Blue FC (NJ/NY Gotham FC), 2020–2023
Tweed joined Sky Blue FC in March 2020 as an assistant coach to head coach Freya Coombe after sending her resume to the club. After Coombe left to manage Angel City FC mid-season in 2021, Coombe's replacement Scott Parkinson retained Tweed as an assistant. On 4 September 2021, newly appointed Parkinson was unavailable to coach a match against Chicago Red Stars due to a personal matter, and the club — now named NJ/NY Gotham FC — named Tweed as interim head coach. Gotham drew the match against Chicago 0–0. Following Parkinson's firing during the 2022 season, Tweed and fellow assistant coach Bev Yanez led training until the appointment of interim head coach Hue Menzies, who retained Tweed as an assistant.
Tweed was also co-head coach of the Gotham Reserves WPSL team created in 2021, partnering with Eleri Earnshaw. The team won the 2021 WPSL Metropolitan South conference championship in a perfect season, and the WPSL named Tweed and Earnshaw conference Coaches of the Year for that season.
Angel City FC, 2023–
On 11 January 2023, Angel City FC hired Tweed as an assistant coach, reuniting Tweed with former Sky Blue FC head coach Freya Coombe and Gotham Reserves co-head coach Eleri Earnshaw. On June 14, Angel City fired Coombe at the halfway point of the 2023 season and named Tweed the club's interim head coach.
International
Tweed serves as assistant coach for the United States women's national under-20 soccer team. She was part of the coaching staff for the team at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Sud Ladies Cup, and 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) Bristol City W.F.C. players Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players FA Women's National League players Women's Premier Soccer League players NJ/NY Gotham FC non-playing staff Angel City FC non-playing staff Angel City FC coaches National Women's Soccer League coaches English women's football managers Women's association football midfielders English women's footballers English expatriate football managers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Footballers from Bristol