Camille Ashton has resigned from her role as general manager of the Kansas City Current, the club announced on Wednesday, with the club unbeaten through 10 games this season and second in the National Women’s Soccer League table.
“I am thankful for my time in Kansas City,” Ashton said in a statement. “It was important to me to dedicate my time and efforts to ensure a successful 2024 season by building the championship-caliber roster that’s currently near the top of the table. I am proud of what we have accomplished here. I look forward to the next step in my personal and professional journey.”
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The club did not provide further details, but said in a statement that it “accepted her resignation and wishes her the best in her future endeavors.”
Ashton, who played in the NWSL from 2014-17, oversaw the Current’s highest highs — including the recent opening of a purpose-built stadium — and several of its lows in the team’s brief history to date.
She was hired as the Current’s GM in January 2022 ahead of the team’s second NWSL season. The team made an appearance in the NWSL Championship later that year and, led by Ashton, made a series of high-profile signings in the league’s first free-agency period, including Brazilian playmaker Debinha.
A tumultuous 2023 followed, however. Matt Potter, the coach who had guided the team to that final, was fired abruptly hours before a road game early in 2023 after Kansas City began the season with three straight losses.
At the time, the club cited “issues around his leadership and employment responsibilities” as the reason for his firing. Players were left confused by the decision on that game day.
Kansas City spent the rest of the 2023 season under interim coach Caroline Sjoblom and finished second bottom in the table, two points above the last-place Chicago Red Stars.
In October, the club hired Vlatko Andonovski, following his four-year run as head coach of the United States women’s team, as its new head coach and sporting director. The addition of the “sporting director” title to Andonovski’s role appeared to directly overlap with Ashton’s job as GM.
