[USA WOMEN] Tom Sermanni? The 58-year-old Scotsman isn’t exactly a household name in American soccer. But the new U.S.women’s national team coach’s name comes up 26 times in a search of the SoccerAmerica.com web site, mostly dating back to his days of theWUSA. Like his predecessor, Pia Sundhage, Sermanni worked in the first women’s pro league, which is one of the reasons why Sunil Gulati, the U.S. Soccer president, called Sermanni “the right person at the right time to lead our women’s national team” in picking him over a long list of American candidates.

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