FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Women's World Cup - United States Press Conference - Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France - July 6, 2019 coach of the U.S. Jill Ellis during the press conference REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
(Reuters) - Jill Ellis, who led the U.S. women's national soccer team to consecutive World Cup victories, will step down as head coach in early October, U.S. Soccer said on Tuesday.
Ellis, 52, said her decision to step aside as coach of the reigning World Cup champions after its victory tour was in line with the timeline she envisioned when she was first named to the job in May 2014.
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