PHILADELPHIA — Jill Ellis has seen many milestones in her life in women’s soccer: national championships coaching UCLA, two World Cup titles leading the U.S. women, and now the presidency of San Diego’s first-year NWSL team.
On Saturday, she will witness another, based on more than just the field of play.
When the Wave kick off their first game at their new home, San Diego State University’s Snapdragon Stadium, they will do so in front of the largest crowd in NWSL history. In fact, the sellout of about 32,000 — announced 16 days before kickoff — will be the largest crowd to witness any American pro women’s soccer game since 2001, the first year of the country’s first pro women’s league.
