Just 10 games into her tenure, Emma Hayes has rebuilt the program - the expectations are back, and so is the USWNT
There was no hiding the emotion on her face, but Emma Hayes was doing everything in her power to fight it. Her eyes darted up and to her right repeatedly, which she must have hoped would prevent the tears from flowing. She shook her head, bit her lip, scrunched her cheeks, forced a smile."It's just love," she told NBC after leading the U.S. women's national team to an Olympic gold medal in just her 10th game in charge.
Her players seemingly embraced Hayes from the start, as well. All tournament long, they traded references to her as part coach, part mother, part older sister. Seemingly across the board, it was an instant connection, one that was very apparent throughout the glorious run through the Paris Games. By the end, players had become family, almost literally - there was celebratory group photo, in which Hayes' son Harry was perched on Sophia Smith's lap.
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