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John Herdman

Herdman managing Canada at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Personal information

Full name

\nJohn Herdman^[1]

Date of birth

\n19 July 1975 (age 49)

Place of birth

\nConsett, County Durham, England

Height

\n1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

\nHibiscus Coast

Managerial career

2006\u20132011

\nNew Zealand (women)

2011\u20132018

\nCanada (women)

2018\u20132023

\nCanada (men)

2023\u20132024

\nToronto FC

Medal record

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Women's football\n
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Representing $\"\"$ Canada (as manager)\n
Olympic Games\n
$\"Bronze$	2012	Team\n
$\"Bronze$	2016	Team\n
Pan American Games\n
$\"Gold$	2011	Team\n
Men's football\n
Representing $\"\"$ Canada (as manager)\n
CONCACAF Nations League\n
$\"Silver$	2023	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Herdman (born 19 July 1975) is an English professional football manager. He previously served as the head coach of the Canada men's national soccer team.\n

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Coaching career

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Early career

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Herdman began coaching football at a young age in England, while he was a student and part-time university lecturer at Northumbria University.^[2] He was a development coach for Sunderland's youth academy until 2001, when he moved to New Zealand.^[3]\n

New Zealand women's

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Herdman arrived in New Zealand and joined the national association football programme in 2003, initially acting as Coach Education Manager and later as the Director of Football Development. Herdman was head coach for the New Zealand women's national football team from 2006 to 2011. Working with the national women's teams, he led the U-20 squad to the World Championship in 2006 and the later renamed U-20 World Cup in 2010. He also guided the senior squad to the FIFA Women's World Cups in 2007 and 2011 as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[4]^[5]^[6]\n

During his time in New Zealand, Herdman played amateur football for NRFL Division 2 club Hibiscus Coast.^[7]\n

Canada women's

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Herdman took over for the Canada women's national soccer team in 2011 from Carolina Morace after Canada finished last in their 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup group. Shortly after, he led them to a gold medal finish at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico.^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] He guided the team through the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Vancouver, Canada, securing one of two qualifying spots for the 2012 Olympic Games in London that summer, where they won the bronze medal.^[12]^[13] At the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, Herdman guided Canada to a first place finish in their group, eventually getting eliminated in the quarter-finals, a 2\u20131 loss to England.^[14] The team retained their bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.\n

Canada men's

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On 8 January 2018, Herdman was named head coach of the Canada men's national soccer team.^[15] He \"also becomes men's national director, with responsibility for all age groups from under-14s upward\".^[16]\n

In 2021, he guided the team up the FIFA World Rankings from 72nd to 40th, its highest position to date, to earn the team the honour of \"Most Improved Side\" of the year.^[17] On 10 February 2022, he improved Canada to 33rd in the FIFA World Rankings.^[18]\n

On 27 March 2022, he led the team to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, its first World Cup in 36 years,^[19] becoming the first manager to have successfully led both the national women's and men's teams of a nation to qualify for a World Cup.^[20]^[21] Canada's first match of the tournament against Belgium on November 23 ended in a 1\u20130 loss, despite Canada dictating most of the play, and failing to convert any of their 22 shots, including a penalty.^[22]^[23] Four days later, Canada lost 4\u20131 to Croatia, despite scoring first, eliminating Canada from the tournament after two matches.^[24] Canada were defeated 2\u20131 by Morocco in their final group match on December 1, finishing fourth in the group with zero points.^[25]\n

Following the World Cup, Herdman's team began struggling, which included a 2\u20130 loss to the United States in the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals. The loss prompted Herdman to publicly criticize Canada Soccer for a lack of funding and resources.^[26]\n

Toronto FC

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On 28 August 2023, it was announced that Herdman would depart the Canadian national team to take charge of MLS team Toronto FC, effective 1 October. At the time of the announcement, TFC sat bottom of the Eastern Conference, with 3 wins from 26 games in the 2023 season.^[27] On 29 November 2024, he announced his resignation from the position.^[28] Herdman's resignation followed allegations he had been involved in the Canada Soccer drone spying scandal and the beginning of related disciplinary actions by Canada Soccer. ^[29]^[30]\n

Personal life

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Herdman is originally from Consett, County Durham, England.^[31] Herdman is married to his childhood sweetheart, Clare, and has two children: Lilly and Jay. The latter plays for Cavalry FC, as well as the New Zealand U23 team.^[31]^[32]\n

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 5 October 2024^[33]^[34]

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Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	Win %\n
New Zealand women's\n	1 January 2006\n	31 August 2011\n	61\n	16\n	7\n	38\n	026.23\n
Canada women's\n	1 September 2011\n	8 January 2018\n	109\n	62\n	14\n	33\n	056.88\n
Canada men's\n	8 January 2018\n	28 August 2023\n	58\n	36\n	8\n	14\n	062.07\n
Canada under-23 men's\n	8 January 2018\n	17 July 2018\n	4\n	1\n	2\n	1\n	025.00\n
Toronto FC\n	10 October 2023\n	29 November 2024\n	44\n	16\n	6\n	22\n	036.36\n
Total\n	276\n	131\n	37\n	108\n	047.46\n

Honours

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Canada women\n

Summer Olympics bronze medal: 2012, 2016
Pan American Games: 2011
Algarve Cup: 2016

Canada men\n

CONCACAF Nations League runner-up: 2022\u201323

References

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^ \"Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Canada (CAN)\" (PDF). FIFA. 26 November 2022. p. 6. Retrieved 27 November 2022.\n
^ Davidson, Neil. \"With inspiration and motivation, John Herdman is changing the face of Canadian soccer\". CBC News.\n
^ Ebner, Dave. \"John Herdman: The brain behind the brawn of Canada's World Cup dream\". The Globe & Mail. Retrieved 5 September 2019.\n
^ \"Herdman takes over Canadian women's soccer team\". CBC/Radio-Canada. 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ \"Herdman finishing as Football Ferns coach\". Stuff (company). 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ \"John Herdman named Canada's Women's National Team Head Coach\". Women's Soccer United. 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ \"Former NRFL player becomes national hero as Canada qualifies for World Cup\". 27 March 2022.\n
^ \"Canada's women's soccer team has plenty to prove\". CBC/Radio-Canada. 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ \"Canada wins gold at Guadalajara 2011\". Canadian Soccer Association. 2011. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ Harper, Tyler (1 September 2011). \"Canadian Soccer Association names John Herdman as head coach of women's team\". Global News. The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.\n
^ \"Herdman Named Head Coach of Canadian Women's Soccer Team\". The Sports Network. 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ \"Team Canada hopes to go from good to great\". The Vancouver Sun. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.\n
^ Arthur, Bruce (9 August 2012). \"Christine Sinclair's 'Captain Canada' lifts team to Olympic bronze, women's soccer to new heights\". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2012.\n
^ \"England ousts Canada from FIFA Women's World Cup\". olympic.ca. 27 June 2015.\n
^ Davidson, Neil (8 January 2018). \"Decorated women's coach John Herdman takes over Canadian men's soccer program\". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 8 January 2018.\n
^ \"John Herdman: Canada name Englishman as men's national team head coach\". BBC Sport. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.\n
^ Davidson, Neil (23 December 2021). \"Canadian men earn 'Most Improved Side' honours in end-of-year FIFA rankings\". CTV News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 1 February 2022.\n
^ Davidson, Neil (10 February 2022). \"Canadian men reach all-time high at No. 33 in FIFA rankings\". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 8 April 2022.\n
^ Davidson, Neil (27 March 2022). \"Canadian men qualify for 1st World Cup since 1986 with shutout victory on home soil\". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 27 March 2022.\n
^ Smith, Tony (2 April 2022). \"How M\u0101ori wisdom helped football coach John Herdman on the road to World Cup glory\". Stuff. Retrieved 8 April 2022.\n
^ @DAZN_CA (27 March 2022). \"John Herdman becomes the first manager to lead both women's and men's national teams of a nation to World Cup qualification\" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 April 2022 – via Twitter.\n
^ \"Belgium spoil Canada's World Cup return behind Thibaut Courtois masterclass\". www.mlssoccer.com. 23 November 2022.\n
^ \"Tenacious Canada blanked by Belgium in return to men's World Cup\". cbc.ca. 23 November 2022.\n
^ Bryan Murphy (27 November 2022). \"Alphonso Davies World Cup goal for Canada vs Croatia is nation's first in men's FIFA World Cup history\". The Sporting News.\n
^ \"Canada unable to grab points at World Cup, Morocco and Croatia advance\". sportsnet.ca. 1 December 2022.\n
^ \"Herdman begs Canada Soccer to 'get serious' after loss to U.S. in Nations League final\". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 28 August 2023.\n
^ \"Toronto FC name John Herdman as Head Coach | Toronto FC\". Toronto FC. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.\n
^ Westhead, Rick (29 November 2024). \"Herdman resigns from head coaching job with TFC\". TSN. Retrieved 29 November 2024.\n
^ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/article-john-herdman-toronto-fc-resigns/\n
^ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canada-soccer-spying-disciplinary-action/\n
^ ^a ^b Johnson, George (29 July 2012). \"Sweet homecoming for women's soccer coach John Herdman\". Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.\n
^ Taylor, Louise (17 June 2015). \"John Herdman tries to condition Canada into accepting women's football\". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2018.\n
^ \"John Herdman profile\". Canadian Soccer Association. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2023.\n
^ \"John Herdman - stats and career\". FotMob. Retrieved 7 April 2024.\n

External links

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John Herdman at the Canadian Soccer Association
Canada Soccer Staff page (position listed under National Teams Department) Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine

International tournaments

v t e New Zealand squad \u2013 2007 OFC Women's Championship (3rd title)
\n GK Bindon \n DF Bromley \n DF Erceg \n MF Ferrara \n DF Green \n FW Henderson \n MF Hoyle \n DF Jackman \n FW Kete \n MF Longo \n MF McColl \n MF Moorwood \n DF Percival \n GK Puckrin \n DF Oostdam \n MF Riley \n FW N. Smith \n DF R. Smith \n FW Thompson \n MF Yallop \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"New$

v t e New Zealand squad \u2013 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
\n 1 Bindon \n 2 Percival \n 3 Bromley \n 4 Hoyle \n 5 Erceg \n 6 R. Smith (c) \n 7 Thompson \n 8 Moorwood \n 9 Henderson \n 10 Longo \n 11 Oostdam \n 12 Puckrin \n 13 Riley \n 14 Ferrara \n 15 Jackman \n 16 Humphries \n 17 Tegg \n 18 Duncan \n 19 McColl \n 20 M. Smith \n 21 Howard \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"New$

v t e New Zealand women's football squad \u2013 2008 Summer Olympics
\n 1 Bindon \n 2 Percival \n 3 Green \n 4 Hoyle \n 5 Erceg \n 6 R. Smith \n 7 Riley \n 8 Moorwood (c) \n 9 Hearn \n 10 McColl \n 11 Yallop \n 12 M. Smith \n 13 Tegg \n 14 Hill \n 15 Kete \n 16 Leota \n 17 Oostdam \n 18 Howard \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"New$

v t e New Zealand squad \u2013 2010 OFC Women's Championship (4th title)
\n 1 Bindon \n 2 Percival \n 3 Green \n 4 Hoyle \n 5 Erceg \n 6 Smith \n 7 Riley \n 8 Morwood (c) \n 9 Hearn \n 10 Milne \n 11 Yallop \n 12 Jackman \n 13 Armstrong \n 14 White \n 15 Gregorius \n 16 Kete \n 17 Wilkinson \n 18 Hill \n 20 Clansey \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"New$

v t e New Zealand squad \u2013 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
\n 1 Bindon \n 2 Percival \n 3 Green \n 4 Hoyle \n 5 Erceg \n 6 Smith (c) \n 7 Riley \n 8 Moorwood \n 9 Hearn \n 10 Gregorius \n 11 Yallop \n 12 Hassett \n 13 White \n 14 McLaughlin \n 15 Kete \n 16 Longo \n 17 Wilkinson \n 18 Bowen \n 19 Hill \n 20 Clansey \n 21 Nayler \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"New$

v t e Canada women's soccer squad \u2013 2012 Summer Olympics \u2013 Bronze medalists
\n 1 LeBlanc \n 2 Zurrer \n 3 Stewart \n 4 Moscato \n 5 Gayle \n 6 Kyle \n 7 Wilkinson \n 8 Matheson \n 9 Chapman \n 10 Sesselmann \n 11 Scott \n 12 Sinclair (c) \n 13 Schmidt \n 14 Tancredi \n 15 Parker \n 16 Filigno \n 17 Timko \n 18 McLeod \n 19 Booth \n 20 Nault \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

v t e Canada squad \u2013 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
\n 1 McLeod \n 2 Zurrer \n 3 Buchanan \n 4 Moscato \n 5 Gayle \n 6 Kyle \n 7 Wilkinson \n 8 Matheson \n 9 B\u00e9langer \n 10 Sesselmann \n 11 Scott \n 12 Sinclair (c) \n 13 Schmidt \n 14 Tancredi \n 15 Chapman \n 16 Filigno \n 17 Fleming \n 18 Iacchelli \n 19 Leon \n 20 Nault \n 21 Labb\u00e9 \n 22 Lawrence \n 23 LeBlanc \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

v t e Canada women's soccer squad \u2013 2016 Summer Olympics \u2013 Bronze medalists
\n 1 Labb\u00e9 \n 2 Chapman \n 3 Buchanan \n 4 Zadorsky \n 5 Quinn \n 6 Rose \n 7 Wilkinson \n 8 Matheson \n 9 B\u00e9langer \n 10 Lawrence \n 11 Scott \n 12 Sinclair (c) \n 13 Schmidt \n 14 Tancredi \n 15 Prince \n 16 Beckie \n 17 Fleming \n 18 D'Angelo \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

v t e Canada squad \u2013 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
\n 1 Leutwiler \n 2 Brault-Guillard \n 3 Morgan \n 4 Cornelius \n 5 Johnson \n 6 Piette \n 7 Teibert \n 8 Arfield (c) \n 9 Larin \n 10 Hoilett \n 11 Millar \n 12 Davies \n 13 Hutchinson \n 14 Kaye \n 15 Henry \n 16 Okello \n 17 Miller \n 18 Borjan \n 19 Cavallini \n 20 David \n 21 Osorio \n 22 Cr\u00e9peau \n 23 Godinho \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

v t e Canada squad \u2013 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists
\n 1 St. Clair \n 2 Johnston \n 3 Pasher \n 4 Miller \n 5 Vit\u00f3ria (c) \n 6 Piette \n 7 Eust\u00e1quio \n 8 Fraser \n 9 Cavallini \n 10 Hoilett \n 11 Corbeanu \n 12 Buchanan \n 13 Sturing \n 14 Kaye \n 15 Henry \n 16 Cr\u00e9peau \n 17 Larin \n 18 Leutwiler \n 19 Paton \n 20 Akinola \n 21 Osorio \n 22 Laryea \n 24 Akindele \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

v t e Canada squad \u2013 2022 FIFA World Cup
\n 1 St. Clair \n 2 Johnston \n 3 Adekugbe \n 4 Miller \n 5 Vit\u00f3ria \n 6 Piette \n 7 Eust\u00e1quio \n 8 Fraser \n 9 Cavallini \n 10 Hoilett \n 11 Buchanan \n 12 Ugbo \n 13 Hutchinson (c) \n 14 Kaye \n 15 Kon\u00e9 \n 16 Pantemis \n 17 Larin \n 18 Borjan \n 19 Davies \n 20 David \n 21 Osorio \n 22 Laryea \n 23 Millar \n 24 Wotherspoon \n 25 Cornelius \n 26 Waterman \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

v t e Canada squad \u2013 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
\n 1 St. Clair \n 2 Brault-Guillard \n 3 Fraser \n 4 Miller \n 5 Vit\u00f3ria \n 6 Zator \n 7 Nelson \n 8 Wotherspoon \n 9 Cavallini \n 10 Hoilett \n 11 Millar \n 12 Loturi \n 13 Shaffelburg \n 14 Bombito \n 15 McGraw \n 16 McGill \n 17 Russell-Rowe \n 18 Borjan (c) \n 19 Brym \n 20 Ahmed \n 21 Osorio \n 22 Laryea \n 23 Kennedy \n Coach: Herdman \n	$\"Canada\"$

Managerial positions

New Zealand women's national football team \u2013 managers

Farrington (1975\u201379)
Armstrong (1980)
Boardman (1981\u201382)
Cox (1983\u201387)
Boardman (1988\u201394)
Coulshed (1994)
Watkins (1995)
Tillotson (1995\u201398)
Moore (1999\u20132000)
Davie (2001\u201303)
Simpson (2003)
Grant & Henderson (2004)
Leonard (2005)
Herdman (2006)
Jones (2006\u201307)
Herdman (2007\u201311)
Readings (2011\u201317)
Heraf & Turnbull (2017)
Heraf (2017\u201318)
Sermanni (2018\u201321)
Jitka Klimkov\u00e1 (2021\u201324)

v t e Canada women's national soccer team \u2013 head coaches
\n Turnbull (1986\u201391) \n B\u00e9liveau (1991\u201395) \n Turnbull (1996\u201399) \n Pellerud (2000\u201308) \n Morace (2009\u201311) \n Herdman (2011\u201318) \n Heiner-M\u00f8ller (2018\u201320) \n Priestman (2020\u201324) \n

Canada men's national soccer team \u2013 head coaches

Petrie (1957)
Dinsdale (1968\u201370)
Pike (1970\u201373)
Krautzun (1973\u201375)
McAllister (1975)
Krautzun (1975\u201377)
Clarke (1979\u201381)
Waiters (1981\u201385)
Wilsonⁱ (1985)
Waiters (1985\u201386)
Bearpark (1986\u201387)
Taylor (1988\u201389)
Lenarduzzi (1989\u201390)
Waiters (1990\u201391)
Lenarduzzi (1992\u201397)
Twamleyⁱ (1998)
Osieck (1999\u20132003)
Millerⁱ (2003\u201304)
Yallop (2004\u201306)
Hartⁱ (2006\u201307)
Mitchell (2007\u201309)
Hart (2009\u201312)
Millerⁱ (2013)
Fonsecaⁱ (2013)
Millerⁱ (2013)
Floro (2013\u201316)
Findlayⁱ (2016\u201317)
Zambrano (2017\u201318)
Herdman (2018\u201323)
Bielloⁱ (2023\u201324)
Marsch (2024\u2013)

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v t e Toronto FC \u2013 head coaches
\n Johnston (2007) \n Carver (2008\u201309) \n Cummins (interim) (2009) \n Preki (2009\u201310) \n Dasovic (interim) (2010) \n Winter (2011\u201312) \n Mariner (2012) \n Nelsen (2013\u201314) \n Vanney (2014\u201320) \n Armas (2021) \n P\u00e9rez (2021) \n Bradley (2022\u201323) \n Dunfield (interim) (2023) \n Herdman (2023\u20132024) \n Fraser (2025\u2013) \n

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