World Cup-winning coach has hired 45 employees, built the Ron Burkle-owned franchise while empowering others to handle soccer details.
, Ellis said she’d leave the soccer to others while she built up the business teams. Her soccer staff would find the players and coach them. That’s why she hired them.
And, where has the time gone? Ellis and her first hire, General Manager Molly Downtain, her former top assistant with the national team, recently marveled at how much ground has been covered. The Wave’s first home match, which attracted a capacity crowd of 6,000 last Saturday, afforded perspective. “It’s pretty remarkable what we’ve tried to do in such a short time,” she said. “But, it doesn’t happen without being in a phenomenal city with people that have really embraced us. I’m proud, and I’m excited at being a part of this city and this club.”
Building the Wave has stretched Ellis in ways that coaching a soccer team did not. With 45 hires already made , she’s taken a crash course in several business areas where she admittedly lacked expertise. As if wasn’t enough to cram what normally is a two-year build-up into 10 months, Ellis had to relocate from Miami to San Diego — but not before persuading her daughter, a high school junior, to come with her.“Three dogs across the country. Two cats. It was like Noah’s Ark, man,” said Ellis.
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