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This past Wednesday, Bay Collective announced the appointment of Van Ginhoven, the English national team's managerial lead under Sarina Wiegman, as their overseer of worldwide women's football activities. This new collective club ownership initiative, which includes San Francisco’s Bay FC as the inaugural team among its holdings, has previously engaged in bringing in talent from the Football Association.

The hiring this year of Kay Cossington, the prominent previous technical director at the Football Association, as the chief executive acted as a demonstration of ambition from this organization. Cossington is deeply familiar with female football comprehensively and currently has put together a leadership team with profound insight of the history of women's football and laden with professional background.

She is the third core member of Wiegman's coaching team to depart this year, following Cossington exiting before the European Championships and assistant coach, Veurink, moving on to assume the position of head coach of the Dutch national team, but Van Ginhoven's choice was made earlier.

Moving on proved to be a shock to the system, but “I’d taken my decision to leave the FA some time back”, she explains. “The terms for four years, similar to Arjan and Sarina did. As they re-signed, I previously indicated I wasn't sure whether I would. I had grown accustomed to the notion that post-Euros I wouldn’t be part of England any more.”

The Euros turned into a deeply felt tournament as a result. “It's sharp in my memory, having a conversation with Sarina when I disclosed of my choice and we then remarked: ‘There’s just one dream, what a triumph it would represent to clinch the European title?’ In life, it's rare that aspirations are realized frequently but, against the odds, this one did.”

Dressed in orange, she holds dual affections after her time working in England, where she was part of claiming two Euros in a row and served on the coaching setup when the Netherlands won at Euro 2017.

“England will forever have a dear spot in my heart. So, it will be difficult, particularly now knowing that the players are due to arrive for the international camp soon,” she says. “Whenever the two nations face off, who do I support? I’m wearing orange at the moment, but tomorrow I'll be in white.”

A speedboat allows for rapid direction changes. In a small team like this, that is simple to achieve.

The club was not part of the equation when the strategic expert concluded that it was time for a change, however the opportunity arose opportunely. The chief executive began assembling the team and their shared values were crucial.

“Essentially upon meeting we met we felt immediate synergy,” says she. “There was immediate understanding. We've discussed extensively regarding multiple aspects around how you grow the game and the methods we believe are correct.”

The two leaders are not the only figures to make a move from high-profile jobs within European football for a blank sheet of paper in the United States. The Spanish club's female football technical lead, González, has been introduced as the organization's new global sporting director.

“I was very attracted by the firm conviction in the potential of women's football,” she explains. “I'm familiar with Cossington for an extended period; back when I was with Fifa, she served as England's technical director, and decisions like this come naturally knowing you'll be working alongside people who really inspire you.”

The profound understanding within their group makes them unique, says she, for the collective among a number recent multi-team projects to launch lately. “It's a standout feature of our approach. It’s OK that people do things in different ways, but we are firm in our belief in ensuring deep football understanding,” she states. “The entire leadership have traveled a path in female football, for most of our lives.”

As their website states, the ambition for the collective is to advocate and innovate an advanced and lasting environment for women's football clubs, built on proven methods addressing the different demands of female athletes. Doing that, with collective agreement, without having to justify actions for why you would take certain actions, is hugely liberating.

“I liken it to moving from a large ship to a fast boat,” remarks Van Ginhoven. “You're journeying across unmapped territories – that’s a Dutch saying, not sure how it comes across – and you must depend on your individual understanding and experience to choose wisely. You can change direction and move quickly in a speedboat. In a small team like this, that’s easily done.”

González notes: “With this opportunity, we begin with a clean canvas to start with. In my view, our mission is about influencing the game on a much broader level and that blank slate permits you to undertake any direction you choose, within the rules of the game. That is the advantage of our joint endeavor.”

The aspirations are significant, those in leading roles are expressing sentiments athletes and supporters are eager to hear and it will be compelling to follow the development of this organization, the team and other teams that may join.

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