Gotham FC head coach Juan Carlos Amorós will miss Friday’s road match against Seattle Reign FC.
The 41-year-old hasn’t travelled with the club to Seattle and will remain home with his family following the recent birth of his second child.
Amorós most recently led Gotham to a 1-1 draw against Boston Legacy FC this past Saturday at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
Shaun Harris Will Serve as Acting Head Coach
Lead assistant coach Shaun Harris will serve as acting head coach in the lead-up to Friday’s match and serve as acting head coach on the sideline at Lumen Field.
Harris previously filled in for Amorós during Gotham’s away trip to Kansas City in April and the Bats’ visit to Chicago in May.
Amorós on His Technical Staff: ‘We Need People Around Us That You Really Can Trust’
Amorós praised his technical staff, including Harris and head of analysis Zoë Mattheson, after he returned to head coaching duty in a 3-0 victory over Bay FC on April 25.
“For a very long time, I’ve been doing this job and been around coaches a lot, and I’m privileged to work with, for me, the best staff and technical staff in the league and in the world,” he said. “When it came to the birth of my second child, coaches — normally we don’t take the time, or we sacrifice a lot for this passion that we have.
“Something that I told to myself now that I’ve been coaching in a game the night before my first child was born, training the day of my wedding, training the day of my second child being born — it’s important to bring some awareness to the job that we do, because coaches, we’re humans as well, and there is a lot of loneliness and there is a lot of solitude, and we need people around us that you really can trust and that you really can rely on.
“So you have been seeing Shaun on the press conferences, in the game facing Kansas City last time, or in the preparation, and then Zoë is the brains behind the operation, and they represent the rest of the technical team that I’m privileged to have.”
Gotham enters Friday’s match in “the Emerald City” in fifth place in the NWSL standings with 15 points, while Seattle has played one less game and is in eighth place with 11 points.
Friday’s contest kicks off at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.
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