DETROIT – Today Detroit City FC has announced that David Dwaihy will be returning for his second season as head coach for the USL W League squad, set to begin play on May 11 on the road to the reigning division champions, Flint City AFC.
Dwaihy’s first season at the helm, 2023, ended with a record of 5-3-4 and a third-place finish in the W League’s Great Lakes Division, just narrowly missing out on a first-ever playoff berth. The 2023 team scored 19 goals and conceded 17, ending the season with a +2 goal differential.
The 2023 team, under Dwaihy’s leadership, showed improvement on the 2022 team. The 18-point return in 2023 from 12 matches was up from 12 points from 12 games in the 2022 season.
“I am honored and excited to once again coach the women of Detroit City FC. We have another fantastic group in place for the 2024 W League season, and I hope we will be able to pick up where we left off with our strong finish last summer,” said Dwaihy.
“Some talented new additions will join a large core of returning players, and I am eager to see how everyone will mesh as we begin training as a full unit. I am most excited about the fact that we’ve been able to retain and attract players with exceptional character, and I hope that will see us through the inevitable ups and downs of the season ahead. It’s such a privilege to work with such talented players and to represent a club that is so special to me. I’m thrilled to be a part of it once again.”
Dwaihy, one of the five founders of Detroit City FC, has been instrumental in growing the club since its inception in 2012. There is no better example of this than all of the different hats that he has worn in his time with the club. While being a co-owner, he also appeared in competitive matches for the club in each of the first six years of its existence, 2012-2017, picking up several Man of the Match awards along the way.
Aside from playing Dwaihy has also represented the club on matchday broadcasts, sharing his vast knowledge of the game for all of those watching at home and always being a great representative for the club and the city of Detroit.
When away from Detroit City FC, Dwaihy keeps involved in the game, he’s been coaching boys and girls teams at University Liggett School since the fall of 2002 where he took over the head coaching position for the girl’s team in 2009 and the boys in 2016. Dwaihy is also a math teacher at University Liggett School.
He also spent one year working under Aaron Byrd as a trainer for Next Level Training and a year as a head coach for a youth select team in Grosse Pointe, just outside of Detroit. He’s been involved in coaching soccer camps for over 20 years and has served as the director of the Liggett Soccer Camp since 2012.
Further information about Dwaihy’s coaching staff for the upcoming USL W League campaign will be announced in the coming days.
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