The U.S. women’s national team will close out the calendar year with a two-game series against China in December. USWNT interim head coach Twila Kilgore has named a 26-player training camp roster for the matches beginning on Dec. 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and later on Dec. 5 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
U.S. Soccer recently announced Chelsea FC manager Emma Hayes as the next USWNT head coach. The terms of her contract will run through 2027 and include a late arrival to the team at the conclusion of Chelsea’s season. Hayes’ deal with USSF will make her the highest-paid women’s national team coach in the world, with a salary that rivals USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter’s $1.6 million price tag — but fans will have to await her arrival on the sidelines till June 2024 — just weeks ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The unique agreement between Hayes and U.S. Soccer includes Kilgore as the interim head coach through 2023, a role she has held since Vlatko Andonovski’s departure in August. The squad is currently undefeated under Kilgore with three wins and one draw after games against South Africa and Colombia. She will remain as interim head coach for the squad till Hayes’ late spring…
