NYU’s Kim Wyant is one of just a handful of women coaching men’s college soccer. But she isn’t the first woman to guide a male team – 70 years ago Lydia Lindgren was a title-winning coach on Long IslandWhen she took over the reins of the NYU men’s soccer team in September,Kim Wyant, the first goalkeeper in US women’s national team history, and downplayed her role as a pioneer.“That’s such a strong word,” she said. “I happen to be in an unusual situation because I am a woman coaching a men’s team, because its not common true now. It will become more common not only in soccer but in other sports. So I can’t give myself enough credit to call myself a pioneer. Related: The girl who played boys’ football: I nearly liked the jokes and sexist comments. They got me really fired up | Niamh McKevitt Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com