Jill Ellis, who coached the U.S. women’s national soccer team to two World Cup titles, stepped down as president of the San Diego Wave on Tuesday to accept a job with FIFA. Ellis, 58, will become chief football officer for the sport’s global governing body,

Former United States head coach Jill Ellis is leaving her role as San Diego Wave FC president to become chief football officer at FIFA. Ellis, 58, has been Wave’s president since the club joined the NWSL in 2021.

More than a few eyebrows will have been raised across the global game after FIFA announced it has brought in two-time US women’s World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis to the new position of chief football officer.