Ellis to step down as head coach of U.S. women's team

Jill Ellis, who became the first female coach in history to win back-to-back Wor...

- Jill Ellis, who became the first female coach in history to win back-to-back World Cups, will step down as boss of the U.S. women’s national team in early October, U.S. Soccer said on Tuesday.

“The opportunity to coach this team and work with these amazing women has been the honor of a lifetime,” Ellis, who won 102 of her 127 matches in charge, said in a statement. At the end of 2015, Ellis, who won eight tournaments with the U.S. including her two World Cup titles, was named the FIFA World Coach of the Year and CONCACAF Coach of the Year for Women’s Soccer.

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