USWNT coach Jill Ellis on ending tenure after back-to-back World Cup triumphs: 'The timing is right'

Jill Ellis.
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Jill Ellis, the coach of the U.S. Women's National soccer team, is stepping down, U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday.

Ellis led the team to two consecutive Women's World Cup championships since taking the post in 2014, and will remain with the team as they complete their current World Cup victory tour, which ends in October.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.