Would Ted Lasso be a good sports coach in real life?

Ted Lasso is back: the hugely successful Apple TV series has returned for a fourth season. The sports comedy-drama – which follows an American football coach with zero soccer experience who is hired to run a struggling English Premier League team – has become a cultural phenomenon. It has won 13 Emmy Awards and was the most-watched original streaming show in the United States in 2023. In Season 4, Ted faces a new challenge: coaching a second-division women’s soccer team. The show’s popularity…