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Article: St. Louis Women's Professional Soccer WPS Team Announces Brazil's Jorge Barcellos as Head Coach.
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- September 11, 2008
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Less than a week since leading his Brazilian Women's National Team to a silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, Brazil head coach Jorge Barcellos has agreed to take on a new career challenge as inaugural head coach of the St. Louis-based Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) team (see also Women's Professional Soccer WPS).
Barcellos, whose team brought home Olympic silver after a 1-0 overtime loss to the United States last Thursday, brings an extensive resume to St. Louis, having served as head coach of the Brazilian Women's National Team since September 2006. In addition to guiding Brazil to second-place finishes at the 2008 Olympic Games and 2007 FIFA Women's World ...