SYDNEY, Australia — When two-time Women’s World Cup winning coach Jill Ellis watches Australia during this tournament, she can’t help but see similarities between the Matildas and her U.S. teams that won it all in 2015 and 2019.
That’s because Australia’s head coach, Tony Gustavsson, was an assistant coach for the U.S. women’s national team during those two previous World Cups, with he and Ellis working together closely throughout.
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Gustavsson, now in his first international head-coaching…