It’s been less than a year since U.S. Soccer announced their new head coach of the women’s national team. Emma Hayes was hired as the official USWNT manager back in December and recently joined the sidelines in June. The new coaching staff and players have only had four games in their build-up to the Summer Olympics, and the group is undefeated under Hayes, so what can we expect from the national team in the Olympics?
The general expectation is for the U.S. to win any competition they compete it, but could it be different this time around?
Let’s take a look at their journey and what type of success they can achieve:
How they got here
The senior women’s national team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics back in 2022. Led by former head coach Vlatko Andonovski, the USWNT 23-player roster for the Concacaf W Championship clinched spots in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics The USWNT won their group and succeeded in winning the qualifying tournament, not only sealing their place in the World Cup and the Olympics but also the inaugural 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup.
The senior team experienced their worst-ever finish at the 2023 World Cup — an exit during the round of 16 — but bounced back…
