Chicago’s Julianne Sitch becomes the first female coach to win the NCAA men’s soccer championship

The University of Chicago won an NCAA championship in men’s soccer like no other on Saturday.

Maroons head coach Julianne Sitch became the first woman in collegiate history to win a national men’s soccer championship by beating Williams College 2-0 in the NCAA Division III finals.

Gatorade shower and stuff.

Robbie Pino and Ryan Yetishefsky scored the winning goals, while Chicago goaltender Will Boyes kept his third straight clean sheet.

The win ended an unbeaten 22-0-1 season for Chicago, whose only non-win came against New York University on October 28. Overall, Chicago outscored the opposition 51-11. It’s a great way to start your career as a college head coach.

Chicago selected Sitch, a Chicago native, to lead its program in April 2022, having previously served as the school’s assistant coach twice. She has also worked as an assistant coach for the NWSL’s Chicago Red Stars and as a head coach for the Red Stars Reserves and as an assistant women’s soccer coach for Illinois-Chicago.

Prior to her coaching career, Sitch was a star player at DePaul and still holds the school’s overall record for points and assists. Her professional career spanned 13 years, with three separate stints with the Red Stars.

Obviously, she’s not a person who minds working in Chicago, and now she’s made history with it.