Chelsea’s Emma Hayes was formally named the brand new head coach of the U.S. girls’s staff Tuesday however she gained’t take over the 4-time Women’s World Cup winners till May, leaving her a short while with the staff earlier than it begins play within the Paris Olympics in late July.
Interim coach Twila Kilgore will proceed to guide the staff till Hayes’ arrival after the Women’s Super League season ends, after which she is going to grow to be one among her assistants.
“This is a huge honor to be given the opportunity to coach the most incredible team in world football history,” Hayes mentioned in a ready assertion. “The feelings and connection I have for this team and for this country run deep. I’ve dreamed about coaching the USA for a long time so to get this opportunity is a dream come true. I know there is work to do to achieve our goals of winning consistently at the highest levels.”
Financial phrases of her contract weren’t made public, however U.S. Soccer mentioned Hayes is ready to grow to be “the highest paid women’s soccer coach in the world.”
Chelsea had introduced this month that the 47-yr-outdated Hayes was leaving the defending league champions on the finish of the season to “pursue a new opportunity outside of the WSL and club football.” Hayes has gained 14 main trophies at Chelsea, together with six WSL titles.
Ahead of Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Everton final weekend, Hayes wouldn’t touch upon hypothesis she had agreed to phrases with the U.S. She mentioned she was stepping all the way down to spend extra time along with her 5-yr-outdated son, citing each lengthy hours and a prolonged commute.
She will succeed Vlatko Andonovski, who resigned following the poor exhibiting by the Americans on this summer season’s Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The United States, which had gained two straight World Cups, fell on penalties after a scoreless draw with Sweden within the Round of 16, the earliest-ever exit for the Americans within the event.
The United States had by no means completed worse than third at earlier World Cups.
Andonovski, who was named U.S. coach in October 2019, completed 51-5-9 with the staff, and was 3-2-5 in main tournaments. Last month, he was named coach of the Kansas City Current within the National Women’s Soccer League.
Kilgore, an assistant on Andonovski’s U.S. staff workers, took over after his departure.
The United States has simply two remaining exhibition matches this season, towards China on Dec. 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Dec. 5 within the Dallas space.
Once Hayes takes over, she may have simply 4 exhibition matches with the U.S. earlier than the Olympics. She is the tenth full-time head coach for the American girls.
Other candidates thought-about for the job included former U.S. assistant Tony Gustavsson, who’s at the moment coach of Australia’s girls’s staff, and Laura Harvey, coach of OL Reign within the NWSL. U.S. Soccer Sporting Director Matt Crocker led the worldwide search.
“Emma is a fantastic leader and world class coach who sets high standards for herself and for everyone around her,” U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone mentioned in a press release. “She has tremendous energy and an insatiable will to win. Her experience in the USA, her understanding of our soccer landscape and her appreciation of what it means to coach this team makes her a natural fit for this role and we could not be more pleased to have her leading our Women’s National Team forward.”
Hayes has led Chelsea to 2 home league and cup doubles and one trophy treble since taking up the staff in 2012. She may have the possibility to win a seventh WSL title earlier than she departs Chelsea, which at the moment sits atop the league with a 5-0-1 document.
Hayes, who grew up in London, beforehand coached within the United States with the Long Island Lady Riders and Iona College. She joined the Chicago Red Stars within the inaugural yr of the Women’s Professional Soccer league in 2008, choosing Megan Rapinoe with the second decide within the first draft. She additionally served as technical director of the New York Flash in WPS.
“I fully understand the place this team has in U.S. society. I’ve lived it. I remember being a young coach working my way up through the system in the U.S. and watching all those young girls aspire to play on the U.S. Women’s National Team,” Hayes mentioned within the assertion. “For me, the honor in building on that legacy is part of my motivation, no question.”
___
AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)
