What was Alice Chilton’s former position before coaching in Ted Lasso season 4?

Before coaching in Ted Lasso season 4, Alice Chilton was a professional midfielder.

Alice joins Richmond’s women’s team as an assistant coach and initially has a difficult relationship with Ted. Her playing career ended after several ACL injuries in rapid succession, making her transition into coaching a personal as well as professional one.

The detail matters because Alice is not simply an inexperienced newcomer. She understands elite football from the player’s perspective and has her own ideas about how a team should be run. Her disappointment grows after Rebecca chooses Ted for the head-coaching role, even though Alice had been considered as the alternative if Ted declined.

Alice’s position can be confused with those of the new Richmond players. Gemma Jay is a striker, Lizzie Davis is a center-back, Katie “Boots” Quinn is the goalkeeper, and Niamh and Siobhan Harrigan are defenders. Alice is the former player among them, but her listed playing role was midfielder, not goalkeeper or defender.