The Vancouver Whitecaps have hired Denmark’s Jesper Sorensen as head coach ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The 51-year-old Sorensen comes to Vancouver from Brondby IF in the Danish Superliga, where he spent two seasons as head coach.
51-year-old Dane comes to Vancouver from Brondby IF in Danish Superliga
Denmark Under-21 coach Jesper Sorensen on the touchline during a qualifying game against Scotland in Edinburgh in October 2021. The Vancouver Whitecaps have named Sorensen as their head coach. (The Canadian Press/AP-Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
The Vancouver Whitecaps have hired Denmark’s Jesper Sorensen as their new head coach.
The 51-year-old Sorensen comes to the Major League Soccer club from Brondby IF in the Danish Superliga, where he spent two seasons as head coach following 2½ as an assistant.
He also spent more than a year as head coach of Denmark’s under-21 national squad.
Whitecaps sporting director Axel Schuster said in a release that Sorensen’s teams are “well balanced with offensive creativity and defensive organization.”
Sorensen previously played more than 300 matches as a midfielder in Denmark’s top league.
He replaces Italian Vanni Sartini, who was fired in mid-November after the Whitecaps finished last season with a mediocre 13-13-8 regular-season record and were ousted from the playoffs in the first round by Los Angeles FC.