Last week he was in Maryland then Chicago. Soon, it will be New York and Atlanta. But it doesn’t matter where Tommy Wilson goes in the United States or how many domestic flights he climbs on.
return home. Not only to continue a football journey that has seen him spend the last decade Stateside. But also to reacquaint himself with a family who have given up just as much as he has for his career. Wilson left Glasgow for the USA 11 years ago.
After working as the SFA’s head of youth he led Scotland’s Under-19s to a European Championship Final and World Cup spot. Off the back of that he was hired by Rangers’ academy to work on player development. And after a stint as the Ibrox club’s reserve boss, Wilson was poached by MLS outfit Philadelphia Union in 2013. Just last month – after a decade working in Philly – he was appointed as Charlotte FC’s new technical director.
