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Emma Hayes has solely been the top coach of the United States girls’s soccer group 70 days, however the Americans have already got a serious event victory.
The U.S. defeated Brazil Saturday, 1-0, to win the nation’s first gold medal within the sport since 2012.
Mallory Swanson delivered the go-ahead second-half rating, and the U.S. held on for the win.
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U.S. coach Emma Hayes and Brazil’s coach Arthur Elias react throughout the girls’s gold medal remaining on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Parc des Princes in Paris Aug. 10, 2024. (Patricia de Melo Moreira/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Hayes, who’s from London, spoke to NBC’s Mike Tirico after the match and stated she hoped to win a gold medal for the U.S.
“Just love. I come from a place of wanting players to enjoy themselves, and I’ve been at a club for 12 years where I’ve had huge success. But I was desperate to do well for this country,” Hayes stated. “I’m so emotional because it’s not every day you win a gold medal.”
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United States supervisor Emma Hayes celebrates with gamers after the ladies’s gold medal match towards Brazil at Parc des Princes throughout the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris. (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile by way of Getty Images)
Hayes was requested why she was determined to win the gold for the U.S.
“I love America. It made me. And I always say that. It definitely made me,” she stated.
Hayes agreed to take the U.S. girls’s nationwide group job on Nov. 14, 2023, however caught with Chelsea till the top of the Women’s Super League (WSL) season. Hayes led Chelsea to at least one extra WSL title.
USA supervisor Emma Hayes along with her gamers after defeating Brazil within the girls’s gold medal match at Parc des Princes, Paris, on the fifteenth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (Mike Egerton/PA Images by way of Getty Images)
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Hayes received 261 video games with Chelsea and 7 Super League titles. She additionally led Chelsea to 5 Women’s FA Cup championships.
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