Phenomenal transformation is the first phrase that comes to our mind when describing the US Women’s National Team under the Emma Hayes regime. Boy, has she turned the tables for the American ladies! Once drowning in despair, they have risen from the ashes to continue their pursuit of glory. In fact, when looking ahead, even an icon like Megan Rapinoe acknowledges that Hayes is truly “getting her fingerprints” on every aspect of the national team.
“I’m seeing a lot of depth honestly,” began Rapinoe while speaking on the Attacking Third Morning Footy show. “We saw what they did last summer, winning the gold medal. Emma was in charge for like five minutes and wrangled the team.”
We know what the triple espresso can do but with those players being out, I feel we’ve been seeing a lot of depth. Lily Yohannes making her debut and playing really well Ali Sentnor making her debut and playing really well.
No matter what we’re getting goals obviously we’re in a transitional period. Still we’re a couple years away from the World Cup but to I feel in all of my years going back, it’s the depth that really wins it for you. It’s their long tournament. Not every player is going to be able to play every minute of every game and when you have that kind of firepower coming off the bench, I think that’s huge.
We obviously have firepower that starts to Triple Espresso will all be back and healthy at some point. Naomi Girma will be back at some point, Rose Lavelle will be back at some point.
For me, it’s kind of the well-roundedness of the squad. It feels like Emma is really getting her fingerprints on it as well, kind of setting those standards, and having the players understand what she wants. But it’s amazing to see that younger talent. My generation of players played as long as we could. At the end, we were all old and now all these kids are coming up and taking our spots, it’s great to see.
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