Emma Hayes’ USWNT to-do list: Player pool, tactics, more

Emma Hayes knows more about soccer than you. There’s no shame in it — she knows way more about soccer than me, too. She’s been coaching one of the best women’s teams in the world for more than a decade. She’s won trophies — six English league titles among the batch. She’s coached on multiple continents. She’s been a studio analyst for ESPN, and she’s also written about the sport as a columnist for The Telegraph.

Now, that last bit makes me even more grateful that U.S. Soccer made Hayes its top choiceto replace Vlatko Andonovski as the new coach of the U.S. women’s national team. At least Hayes isn’t coming for my job just yet. Read More