Finland’s Pauliina Miettinen to coach WPS champ Sky Blue FC, which had 3 coaches last season

4th coach hired for WPS champ Sky Blue FC

SOMERSET, N.J. — Maybe the newest coach of Sky Blue FC will stick around.

Former Finnish national team player Pauliina Miettinen was hired Tuesday by Sky Blue, the fourth coach for the franchise that won the inaugural Women’s Professional Soccer title.

U.S. national team captain Christie Rampone served as player-coach as the New Jersey-based franchise qualified for the playoffs and advanced through the postseason. With a baby due in March, she probably won’t return to the field as a player until June.

Miettinen had coached in the Finnish Premier League. She also worked at Florida State when the Seminoles reached the 2005 NCAA semifinals.

Sky Blue fired its first coach, Ian Sawyers, in May. Replacement Kelly Lindsey abruptly resigned late in the regular season.