There are three key moments in the history of the Columbus Eagles. One is a chant. Another is a meeting. The third is traffic.
Mark Wise, the founder, CEO and former head coach of the Eagles has a history with women’s soccer that dates back to coaching his daughter at the youth level. Then in the late 1990s, he received an advertisement in the mail for the 1999 Women’s World Cup. He didn’t hesitate in buying tickets and taking his family to Chicago. On their approach to Soldier Field, the Wises found a traffic jam of 70,000 people who all showed up to watch Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy and the rest of the eventual 1999 World Cup champions.