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Either Megan Rapinoe or Ali Krieger will end their career as NWSL champion, and that wasn’t even the biggest news of the weekend. I’m Emily Olsen here with Meg Linehan and Steph Yang — welcome to Full Time!
USWNT Coach Update
The USWNT has a new head coach. And even though U.S. Soccer has yet to announce Chelsea manager Emma Hayes as that new coach officially, it’s only a matter of time. I’m not going to take credit for the chain of events this weekend, but last week’s Full Time newsletter was about how the U.S. needs to press play on the next era of the team.
Basically, Full Time said, “Name a coach” and USSF said:
When will Emma Hayes take charge?
This has not been the cleanest unveiling so far. Chelsea, the team Hayes has managed for more than a decade, released a statement at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, saying Hayes “will depart the club at the end of the season to pursue a new opportunity outside of the WSL and club football.” A masterclass in telling us she’s taking the U.S. job without telling us she’s taking the U.S. job.
While Hayes has done previous work in television, it quickly became apparent she was getting the…
