IN-DEPTH WITH THE 1999 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP-WINNER ON NEW ROLE IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Having won the Women’s World Cup in 1999, an Olympic gold medal in 1996 and scored 100 goals in over 200 caps for the United States Women’s National Team, Tiffeny Milbrett knows a thing or two about having success at the highest level.

Now that her Hall of Fame playing career has come to an end, she’s helping the next generation of boys and girls chase their dreams and fall in love with the beautiful game. Milbrett has spent the past four years serving as a Director and Head Coach for the Colorado Storm and the Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club, which currently has seven members on the active roster for the Rapids’ USL Championship partner Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC.

In April, Milbrett was hired to serve as the Director of Coach and Player Development for the Tampa Bay United Rowdies Soccer Club (TBU), the youth affiliate program for the Championship’s Tampa Bay Rowdies. In her role, Milbrett will oversee technical development and lead the organization’s broad depth of competitive and recreational soccer teams across its five soccer campus locations throughout Tampa Bay.

We caught up recently with Milbrett for a conversation about the experience she brings to her new surroundings, her thoughts on the formula for successful youth player development and what she’s hoping to learn at the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France.

USL: What did you learn at your previous couple of jobs that you think you can apply to TBU?

Tiffeny Milbrett: Number one is just really having the opportunity to experience the national landscape, especially being in Denver the last three years because it’s really a hotbed for soccer. That’s really incredible to have that kind of experience... (READ MORE OF THE USL INTERVIEW HERE)