After winning her first Women's World Cup, the United States women's national team coach has agreed to a contract extension.
Winning the Women's World Cup has its perks.
Jill Ellis enjoyed a successful summer as coach of the U.S. women's national team, leading the star-studded soccer squad to its first title in 16 years. Now she'll enjoy the fruits of her labor, having agreed to a new contract and extension to stay on as USA's coach, a move first reported by The Washington Post.
The new contract wasn't a foregone conclusion, as it may seem. The U.