Emma Hayes won her fifth consecutive Women’s Super League title with Chelsea on Saturday. On Wednesday, she arrived in Newark off her flight from Heathrow, and by Thursday morning she was awaiting a whirlwind media tour introducing her to an American audience that she, in some form, already knew.
But before the car picked her up from her hotel to begin that tour, she took a walk in the morning through Central Park, early as it was.
New York City is a place where anonymity and fame can happen simultaneously, where the incoming head coach of the U.S. women’s national team can take a long, meandering walk through an often-bustling park and have that moment to herself before the pressure fully sets in.
In a few months, after she takes charge of the U.S. women’s national team at the Paris Olympics, Hayes might not have the leisure of taking a walk anywhere without being recognized.
Emma Hayes, the new head coach of the US Women’s national soccer team @USWNT, joins TODAY in her first U.S. interview since landing the role.@emmahayes1 opens up about how she got the news, her outlook for the 2024 Olympic Games and more! pic.twitter.com/fyfVZDC7zW
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 23, 2024
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