For the players, media and fans, Emma Hayes has left no doubt: This week unequivocally marks a new era for the USWNT.
USWNT head coach Emma Hayes followed through on her promises of player rotation and handing out first caps by making 10 changes to the XI that beatthree days earlier and starting three players in their first senior international game. The USWNT had not seen three players debut as starters since it fielded an inexperienced squad in 2001 during the preseason of the now defunct WUSA.
And as easy as that is for many coaches to say, Hayes has already shown she will follow through. She left legendary forwardfor the Olympic gold medal match in favor of a different tactical approach. This month, Hayes gave first caps to players who had never even been in a youth national team camp, a further implication that résumés don't matter.
Right now, everything Hayes and her staff do is geared toward the 2027 World Cup. Hayes answered nearly every big-picture question throughout the week by referencing her 2027-28 strategy, which she says is still being finalized and will be presented internally in January. How will the USWNT's playing style evolve? What can be improved to stay ahead of the rest of the world? Check back in January, was Hayes' answer each time.
Broadening the player pool with a greater diversity of players will lead to more tactical versatility, Hayes said last week. Her goal is to provide a shorter-term roadmap to winning the 2027 World Cup -- which would mark a historic fifth title for the Americans -- and a longer-term plan to revolutionize and futureproof the program's tactical style and player development methodology.
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