street. PAUL, Minn. — New U.S. women’s coach Emma Hayes continues to stress the need for outside patience in her first weeks on the job, but on Monday at Allianz Field, she was emphatic about one criterion reached in that process: The failure of the 2023 World Cup has become Something from the past.
“I think the group is ready to move forward,” Hayes said. “That’s what it feels like to me.”
Hayes watched from afar last summer as the USWNT was eliminated from the World Cup in the round of 16, marking the worst major tournament finish in the program’s history. In her role as analyst, she criticized the team’s “significant lack of creative talent.”
Now, after accepting the USWNT head coach job in November and coaching her first camp starting last week, Hayes is overseeing the right of the ship.
“There have been a lot of lessons since then [the] “The last World Cup,” she said. “We always like to look at it from the outside, such really killer moments. From my point of view, I don’t think they can grow without that. You need those setbacks. Sometimes, on the big stages, it’s not It was perfect, but the team wasn’t ready.
“But the expectation in this country is to win every game, every week, every championship, every title. I’m afraid it won’t work that way. We have to adapt a little bit to that. For them, their lessons have been profound.”
The Americans won 4-0 over South Korea on Saturday in Hayes’ first match with the team. She said after the match and reiterated on Monday that the performance was better than she expected given the transition period the team is going through, but there is work to be done.
She added that the learning process continues for players and staff. Hayes will finish her final individual meetings with the 23 players in camp on Monday night.
“We’re all really hungry for knowledge,” USWNT midfielder Rose Lavelle said Monday. “I think we’ve covered a lot in the last week, but it’s been exciting. I think we’re all really excited about this new era and what this team can do. I think we’re all really open to learning and learning. It’s been a lot of information, but it’s been great, and we Excited about it.”
Lavelle, one of the team’s most creative players in a long time, came off the bench on Saturday to help the USWNT achieve the ultimate goal. Hayes said he “expects multiple changes” to Tuesday’s lineup, including the grid.
Goalkeeper Jane Campbell started Saturday in the absence of starter Alyssa Naeher, who missed this training camp with a hip injury. Every player on the roster was processing “information overload,” as she described it on Friday, and more of them deserved a chance to translate it into the game environment.
“I think it’s important to manage expectations because as we build our first game as a full group, some people will get their first chance at it. [Tuesday]Hayes said. “The links may be different, so those reference points may start again first before we can move on to the next place.
“But I think it’s necessary because we need a team selected first for the Olympics, so I need to know where everyone is at on that, and then their applications.”
Tuesday’s game is the players’ last chance to perform in the jersey before Hayes has to select her 18-player Olympic roster, and she said the “core of her job” this week was to educate the team as much as possible, and get to know the players personally.
She said her next goal is to make sure everyone involved in and around the team understands the goals on a deeper level.
“I feel like a heart surgeon in the middle of emergency surgery,” Hayes said. “Not because there is anything wrong, but the fact is that it is very difficult for me to be on the wards or in the clinics and teaching everyone and performing surgery at the same time and in such a limited period of time.
“From now until next camp, it’s about getting everyone up to that level where everyone can have surgery, if you know what I mean.”
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