5 Things to Know About Jill Ellis, Coach of the World Champion U.S. National Women's Soccer Team
"To be in the position I am in, I truly think if I had stayed in England, I am not sure I would be in coaching," Ellis told the."At the time, it was not even a career path; it was a rare career path in the States. What America gave me was the dream and the opportunity and the ability to follow that path, which I really had never dreamed about. I just feel very fortunate to be here.
she took a head coaching job at Illinois, where she built the program from scratch, and later she headed UCLA's women's team.. Then, it was time to go national. She started coaching the USWNT's Under-20s and Under-21s, then finally got a chance to assist head coach Pia Sundhage with the senior team for the 2008 Olympics.
Within the U.S. Soccer Federation, she served as the National Youth Teams Manager, National Development Director, National Team Manager, and interim head coach after Sundhage in 2012 and Tom Sermanni was fired in 2014.Her interim head coach position turned full-time after the USSF's firing of Sermanni, and on, at age 48, Jill took over the USWNT.
But Ellis calmly coached a determined team through the"Group of Death," which was the toughest group of competition in the Women’s World Cup. The U.S. headed to the finals, and yet again made history with a World Cup win against Japan. It was the first time the team has won a World Cup since the iconic 1999 group. Not bad for Ellis's first year as head coach of the stellar team.
The team, once again, is considered the best in the world of women's soccer, and it's all thanks to head coach Jill Ellis. We're not sure what she will do next, and how long she'll lead the USWNT. But we do know that it'd be smart of the USSF to keep her around.
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