We were literally going back and forward over who to put in and I just knew what the game needed and I've told you this

So this is no offense to you because I love this about you actually you actually before you told this story

I think for the first time probably you called I think and you left me a voicemail to be like Kelly

I'm gonna say this hopefully it's okay, and I like bliss. I was like, what's going to leave me a voice? Oh, oh, yeah

So I literally turned to Tony. I said we need to get Kelly now

We've got and you came in and you're freaking school

What is up everybody it feels good to be back

Welcome to the players pod where I have the chance to sit down and talk to some of the biggest names in sports about the untold stories behind their success

I'm Kelly Harrah and on today's episode the very first of this new season

We have none other than Jill Ellis

Jill Ellis is one of the most successful soccer managers of all time as a coach of the osama's national team

She being the first manager to ever win back-to-back women's world cups as a head coach at UCLA

She led the Bruins to six straight pack 10 conference titles and eight college cups during her tenure

After stepping down from the national team in 2019

Jill has continued to work as an ambassador for you a soccer and is currently the president of San Diego Wave FC

One of the two end-to-be-sell clubs making their debut this season

I wanted to have Jill on for a variety of reasons for starters

We've had a lot of shared memories from our time together on the national team

Jill was a wildly successful coach yet she was often criticized during her five-year run

Coaching the US women's national team and despite this I

Personally think Jill always was quick to shrug it off and publicly took the high road and today

I want to give her the chance to speak candidly about her time as a national team coach because I find

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