U.S. men’s national team assistant coach Josh Wolff is widely expected to become the inaugural head coach of MLS expansion club Austin FC, multiple sources have told The Athletic in recent weeks.



Wolff has longstanding ties to Austin FC owner Anthony Precourt, who owned the Columbus Crew while Wolff worked for the club as an assistant coach from November 2013 through the end of the 2018 season. Wolff left Columbus this winter to join the U.S. men’s national team coaching staff of former Crew head coach Gregg Berhalter.



Austin is set to join MLS in the 2021 season.



“As Austin FC continues to grow there will be many important announcements from our club, and we will not have further comment at this time,” an Austin FC spokesperson said



Wolff interviewed for the Colorado Rapids head coaching position shortly after the club dismissed Anthony Hudson in May. Multiple sources indicated that Wolff was open to taking that...