Green had seven months out of football before he was appointed as chief football officer of San Francisco club Bay FC in September.

He admitted the response to his Chelsea exit had been "overwhelming" and he needed time to adapt, spending time with his family in the meantime.

"It was people just in the general women's football world who really appreciated the work and success that we had there," said Green.

"Of course, that touched me and it took me forever to get back to everybody who had reached out because there was that many.

"I guess all things have to come to an end at some stage and I've gone in a different direction now.

"In the early days, having a lack of structure was difficult because I had gone from 13 years of having certain routines. That part was difficult."

It is clear that Green is excited by the future at Bay FC.

He has taken over a project that is being led by former Football Association (FA) director Kay Cossington and comes under the multi-club ownership of Bay Collective.

Green hopes to use his extensive knowledge in the transfer market to recruit some of the world's best players and to build an effective organisation.

"They sold me the vision for the club. It became too good an opportunity to turn down," said Green.

"The potential there of building something really special is what I'm looking forward to. I think it's got some similarities to the early days at Chelsea."

Bay FC are moving into new training facilities next year and Green has vowed to act in the transfer window to improve their league position.

They are currently third bottom with three matches left in the National Women's Soccer League 2026 season.

"The team hasn't done as well as everybody would like it to do. We are where we are in the league so we need to try and improve the roster immediately," said Green.

"With the connections and network that I've built up over 20 years, I'm confident that I can bring in a few players to help the good nucleus of talent we've got.

"You have to have the infrastructure right off the pitch in terms of staffing and facilities and that's something we are working on."