Lindsey Horan and Tyler Heaps have had quite the week.
On Saturday, Horan captained the U.S. women’s national team as it won an Olympic gold medal by defeating Brazil 1-0 in Paris.
Just a few days later, Horan’s fiancée Tyler Heaps was named the first-ever sporting director and general manager for MLS expansion side San Diego FC.
At 33, Heaps is now the youngest sporting director in MLS.
Heaps has worked in various roles in the sport, serving as U.S. Soccer’s director of sporting analytics (a job where he met Horan), the hRight to Dream Academy — whose network includes San Diego FC.
“Tyler has demonstrated during his time with Right to Dream that he is one of the brightest people working in world soccer today,” San Diego FC owner Sir Mohamed Mansour said in a club release.
“He understands intimately the values of Right to Dream, which we will implement in San Diego, based around investing in youth while building a winning team that plays an attractive brand of football.”
San Diego FC will begin play in MLS in 2025.
In a post on her Instagram account, Horan congratulated Heaps while noting the whirlwind of events the couple has experienced in just the past six days.
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“The newest Sporting Director of San Diego FC. I am so so proud of you Ty and am incredibly lucky to have been able to witness all the work that’s gotten you to this point. To be one of the youngest sporting directors in the league says enough… You deserve every bit of recognition you’re about to get. I hope you can take it all in. What an insane week for us,” Horan said.
Horan and Heaps announced their engagement in June 2023.
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