The 2024 calendar year gave the United States a golden opportunity to return themselves to the top of the women’s football hierarchy after a slip in the previous four-year World Cup cycle.
Following their worst-ever finish at a Women’s World Cup in the summer of 2023, this year’s results promised to determine the future of the USWNT with regards to their place in the global football landscape.
Sure enough, new head coach Emma Hayes led the USWNT to the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, returning them to the top of the podium for the first time since 2012 and securing redemption for last summer.
The Sporting News takes a full look at what the USWNT has accomplished in 2024 and what they have left on the schedule ahead, as the national team looks to celebrate their summer triumph with a number of friendlies both home and abroad to close out the calendar year.
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2024 is all about transition for the U.S. women, but they cannot let their levels drop.
With Emma Hayes onboarding as the new permanent manager following Vlatko Andonovski’s departure, there was thought to be a period of uncertainty. Twila Kilgore ran the show on an interim basis for the first half of the year, and…
