It may be early in Emma Hayes' tenure, but the USWNT coach is already facing some difficult decisions ahead of naming her 18-player Olympic squad.
Emma Hayes says it's important that the USWNT see a lot of changes going into their second friendly vs. South Korea. women's national team head coach Emma Hayes is still learning some of the American sports lingo in her first weeks on the job.
Yohannes shot up that list after making an immediate impact in her much-anticipated debut. Her late goal punctuated a solid 20 minutes of distribution in midfield, including a pass tohelped control the game on Tuesday against a South Korea side that once again sat in a low block of five defenders. Hayes has praised Horan throughout this camp as a team leader, and Lavelle is a known entity who earned her 100th cap on Tuesday; she is arguably the team's most creative player.
There is context, however, to her on-field success. Albert's prior social media activity -- which surfaced in March -- appeared to support anti-LGBTQIA+ content and make light of an injury to former U.S. winger. Albert apologized and the team held internal discussions in an April camp that were not shared publicly. Albert remained on that roster and was called up again for this camp.
In pure soccer terms -- an oversimplification, no doubt -- Hayes and her staff appear to rate the versatile Albert, and the midfielder's performance on Tuesday will have reaffirmed that. How Albert, Yohannes, and others potentially fit into the USWNT's Olympic roster is the mental gymnastics that will occupy Hayes in the coming weeks. Horan and Lavelle are veterans with World Cup titles.
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