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Six Questions with USWNT coach Jill Ellis

The U.S. Women's National Team coach will be in Bellevue on Friday night as featured speaker for the Washington Youth Soccer 50th Anniversary Gala. Here's a preview.

U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis will deliver the keynote speech at the Washington Youth Soccer 50th Anniversary Gala. You may not know much about Ellis, but she has learned a lot about soccer in this state, beginning back in 1984. Her club, Virginia’s Braddock Road Blue Bells, met Washington’s Union Bay Flyers, starring Michelle Akers, in the U19 national championship game.

What do you remember about that particular game?