Gustavsson was an assistant under former USWNT Head Coach Pia Sundhage in 2012, helping to guide the team to a gold medal in the the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. After his stint with the USWNT, Gustavsson was named head coach of Tyresö in Sweden’s top women’s league, the Damallsvenskan. Tyresö won the league title in 2012 and qualified for the UEFA Women’s Champions League. Gustavsson led Tyresö to the 2013 UEFA Women’s Champions League Final, but would finish runners-up to back-to-back champion Wolfsburg.
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Earlier this year, Rainer Fussganger sat down for an extensive interview with Gustavsson. The wide-ranging interview touches on his beginnings as a coach to his time as an assistant under Sundhage in 2012 to preparing Tyresö for its UEFA Women’s Champions League run.