Former U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce head coach Jill Ellis would be the new chief soccer officer with FIFA, the worldwide soccer governing physique introduced Tuesday. Ellis will work alongside former Arsenal supervisor Arsène Wenger, FIFA’s Chief of International Soccer Improvement, and she or he’ll steer the event and implementation of FIFA’s international soccer technique.
“I’m honored to affix FIFA on this pioneering position and to contribute to the expansion of soccer from a worldwide perspective,” Ellis stated in an announcement. “FIFA has a novel capacity, by means of soccer, to unite communities and to drive the sport’s improvement worldwide. Having skilled soccer, from grassroots applications as much as senior national-team degree, I’ve seen first-hand its transformative energy.”
The 2-time World Cup-winning Ellis will probably be tied to “technical areas related to the event of the sport internationally,” in keeping with an official FIFA launch.
“Jill’s expertise, enthusiasm and excellent achievements make her the right selection for this position. She has been a real inspiration for a lot of, and I stay up for seeing the affect of her work proceed to encourage many extra all over the world,” stated FIFA Secretary Normal Mattias Grafström
“FIFA could be very proud to have Jill and Arsène, two of the nice soccer leaders and thinkers, to assist us make our imaginative and prescient for soccer a actuality. Her appointment demonstrates FIFA’s dedication to the way forward for the sport and to creating extra alternatives for the following era.”
The newly created fulltime position means she’s going to depart her place with San Diego Wave FC as Membership President. Ellis took on the membership position throughout San Diego’s enlargement introduction in 2021. She leaves the place with litigation pending.
In July, Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to a former Wave worker who had accused Ellis of making a poisonous work surroundings. An investigation (by way of a third-party agency) occurred earlier within the yr and located the Wave to haven’t violated NWSL insurance policies. Ellis has since known as the allegations “false.”
Moreover, 5 former workers have since filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Wave and NWSL, although Ellis will not be named as a defendant. The lawsuit comprises claims of sexual harassment, retaliation, racial discrimination, and wrongful termination.
The membership was bought earlier this yr to the Leichtman-Levine household at a $120 million valuation.
“Underneath Jill’s management, the Wave set a normal of excellence as an enlargement membership within the NWSL. The brand new homeowners of the membership are dedicated to constructing a tradition of profitable on and off the pitch,” stated San Diego Wave FC proprietor Lauren Leichtman.
“As we strategy the 2025 season and past, we are going to work to additional elevate the Wave’s affect in San Diego, on the nationwide stage, and as a globally acknowledged chief in girls’s soccer. Moreover, we’re excited to announce that we’re within the ultimate part of figuring out a brand new head coach on the heels of a worldwide search. We stay up for sharing further developments forward of the 2025 NWSL season.”
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