visit, also congratulated the team alongside former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. On 30 July 2019, the United States Soccer Federation announced that head coach Jill Ellis would step down upon completion of the team's U.S. victory tour in October 2019. Following her departure, she will continue to work as an ambassador for U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team was named the Athlete of the Year by Time magazine, while Rapinoe was awarded the Ballon d'Or Féminin and named the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year. Broadcasting The international broadcast of the match garnered an average of 82.18 million live viewers and 260 million total viewers, setting a new tournament record. The U.S. broadcast of the match on terrestrial television station Fox drew an average of 14.3 million, outranking the 2018 men's final (which did not feature the U.S.) but falling short of the 2015 Women's World Cup broadcast that was broadcast during U.S. prime time rather than late morning. An additional 1.6 million Americans watched the match on Telemundo in Spanish, and streaming audiences for Fox averaged 289,000 viewers. In the Netherlands, the final was watched by 5.5 million people, an estimated 88 percent of people with television access. The Brazilian broadcast on TV Globo and its partners was watched by 19.9 million people (a 41.7 percent share), setting a new women's football record. Large audiences were also reported in France (5.9 million), Germany (5.1 million), Sweden (1.5 million) and the United Kingdom (3.2 million). See also References External links Final 2019 2018–19 in French women's football United States women's national soccer team matches Final Netherlands women's national football team matches Final FIFA Women's World Cup Final Sports competitions in Lyon 21st century in Lyon