Thursday, May 5, 2016
Chan makes history as female coach of champion men's team (The Associated Press)
At age 27, Chan Yueng-ting is younger than several of the players she coaches at Eastern Sports Club yet she has already secured a unique place for herself in soccer history by becoming the first woman to lead a men's team to a top-division national championship. Chan took charge at Eastern in December, with the club not having won the Hong Kong league for 21 years, and last month the team clinched that elusive title and made their female coach the talk of the town. ''I'm really lucky,'' Chan said to SNTV.
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