Maybe you knew this, maybe you didn’t, but as you were watching the U.S. Woman’s National Team at the Women’s World Cup the past few weeks, they’re coached by a familiar face.
Head coach Jill Ellis was the coach of Illinois Soccer from 1997-98, which is right before she started a 12-year stint at national powerhouse UCLA.
Now Ellis has won her second World Cup as head coach of the national team.
The U.S. rolled past Netherlands with goals by Megan Rapinoe and former Wisconsin Badger Rose Lavelle.
They were so dominant the entire time, and it’s pretty cool that their coach — the one of the No.