[2] She began playing soccer when she was 7 and said that women's football in the Netherlands grew in professionalism over time after it was formally recognized in 1971.

On 1 October 2010, she became the coach and technical director of Jordan's national women's team,[5] which won the 2010 Arabia Cup the following month.

[7] At the end of 2012, with PSV in third place in the BeNe League halfway through its first season, de Reus left Eindhoven to coach Australia's women's national team.

[8] de Reus was fired by Football Federation Australia in April 2014, after a player mutiny brought about by her coaching style.

[15] de Reus said that she was "not really sour" about missing out on European competition so that her team could focus on the Eredivisie, though she later clarified that it was disappointing that Ajax had lost.