Jill Ellis, who this month steered the U.S. women’s national soccer team to a second consecutive World Cup championship, will step down as head coach after a five-game victory tour.
“This is not a job someone should do for 10 years,” she said Tuesday. "I think change is good. New perspective. ... The timing is right to move on, and the program is positioned to remain at the pinnacle of women’s soccer.”
She has a 102-7-18 record in five-plus years and never lost a World Cup match (13-0-1).
Ellis’s contract expires Wednesday, and although the U.