, became the first female head coach to guide a college men’s soccer team to a national championship Saturday when the University of Chicago knocked off Williams College 2-0 in Salem, Virginia.“WGN Radio, WBEZ Radio, NBC-5, WTTW and a bunch of soccer outlets and podcasts, plus CNN and CBS did some stuff,” Sitch said. “‘Good Morning America’ put out one of our videos, so that was pretty cool.
As a player, Sitch starred at Oswego, DePaul and with the Chicago Red Stars. Since that part of her career ended in 2014, she had been an assistant coach for the U. of C. women’s program and an assistant coach with the Red Stars. It actually proved to be a safe bet. The Maroons thrived under Sitch, who is one of only two women currently coaching a Division III men’s team, and set a program record for wins., the team’s leading scorer who converted the final goal of the season with 16 seconds left in the championship game, said the transition to Sitch was seamless.
“This is the first time they’ve been coached by a woman or worked with a woman on staff. They embraced me from day one and made this journey extremely special.”“No, I didn’t, and it is just in these past couple days where things have really soaked in and hit me,” Sitch said. “Those moments when I’m kind of just by myself or sitting in silence, when I think about what just happened.Sitch was in high school when she attended the 1999 Women’s World Cup matches with her father at Soldier Field.
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