Twila Kilgore

Twila Argo Kilgore (; born January 18, 1980) is an American soccer coach and former player who is the current interim head coach for the United States women's national team. She was appointed after the resignation of Vlatko Andonovski under whom she served as the assistant coach for the women's national team. Playing career Kilgore was born Downey, California. In her youth, she played for the club side Las Virgenes Blazers, before later joining the Southern California Blues, with whom she won two state titles. In high school, she played soccer at Harvard-Westlake School, where she earned first team All-CIF honors during her senior year. In college, Kilgore played four years with the Arizona Wildcats from 1998 to 2001. She made 74 appearances during her career, scoring seven goals and recording three assists. After college, Kilgore joined the Arizona Heatwave and played in the USL W-League before becoming a coach. Coaching career In 2004, Kilgore joined the Pepperdine University coaching staff as an assistant coach and associate coach. During her time at Peperdine, Kilgore earned her USSF National "A" license. After spending 10 years with Pepperdine University, Kilgore took over as the head coach for the University of California, Davis women's team. In 2019, Kilgore joined the Houston Dash as an assistant coach. During her time with the Houston Dash, Kilgore also served as a member of U.S. Soccer coaching staff, taking the United States U-19 WNT to the La Manga Tournament in 2020.