Englishman Emma Hayes, one of the most prestigious coaches today, will take over the duties of the United States coach at the age of 47 from May 2023 when her time at Chelsea ends.
Hayes will take over a position to which Lluís Cortés was appointed, the Catalan coach who led FC Barcelona to victory in 2021, against Hayes’ own Chelsea, the first of his two Champions Leagues and then coached the Ukrainian team.
Acting Twila Kilgore, appointed in August after the departure of Vlatko Andonovski After falling in the round of 16 of the World Cup, he would continue to lead the United States team until Hayes arrived and then became one of his assistants.
Hayes: “It’s a great honor”
“It’s a great honor to have the opportunity coach the most incredible team in the history of world football”Hayes said in a statement from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), that the women’s team has won the World Cup four times and gold at the Olympic Games four times.
“The feeling and connection I have for this team and this country is deep. I have long dreamed of teaching in the United States, “So it’s a dream come true,” confessed the English coach. “I know there is work to be done to achieve our goals of continuing to win at the highest level.”
Gold at the Paris Games, his first goal
His first goal is to win the United States’ fifth gold at the Olympic Games, which will be held in the country from July 26 to August 11.
The financial terms of his contract were not disclosed, but the USSF reports that Hayes will be “the highest paid women’s soccer coach in the world.”
Chelsea have already announced his departure
Chelsea announced on 4 November that Hayes would step down from managing the reigning English Super League (WSL) champions to “pursue new opportunities outside of the WSL and club football”.
Hayes won 14 important trophies at Chelsea, including six WSL titles. In 2021 she won The Best award given by FIFA to the best coach of a women’s team, ahead of Lluís Cortés. Before taking over at Chelsea in 2012 He has coached the Long Island Riders, Iona Gaels and Chicago Red Stars in the United States.
Source: La Verdad
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