Is Emma Hayes correct saying USWNT has to ‘close gap’ to the rest of the world? | ESPN FC
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- After ESPN FC airs an excerpt from Sebastian Salazar’s sit-down interview with Emma Hayes, Ali Krieger joins the show to discuss Hayes’ comments about the USWNT needing to “close gap” to the rest of the world.
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How are the U.S favorites for the Olympics over Spain? That's just ridiculous,Spain are too clear
Spain didn't even make Semis of the Women's Euro.
@@calc1657 They won the world cup,which is way bigger
@@risizirevlon4338 They're both just as big in the eyes of Europeans. Spain went out 2-1 in the Euros against England. England had home advantage which can be a big factor. In that game Spain led by a goal for most of the 2nd half but lost to two late goals. There wasn't much between the two teams and it could have gone either way.
Most Spaniards players will not play in the Olympics
@@marvinbrando722 That's not true,most of the prominent world-cup winning players will be there,plus the likes of Aleixandri who weren't there,but are now back in the fold
Realistically Spain must be the most confident for the Olympics, but at home France would be the team to beat. Having said that the Aussies have a way of overachieving at team sports.
Being from UK I will be cheering on the Commonwealth teams and Canada are defending champions too.
All rounder strong teams...it's going to be a good Olympics....Aussies might have a problem with kerr injured tho..... but my money is still on spain, USA, france and germany
It is good she being honest about the situation and admits the USWNT has been left behind. But she isn’t a miracle worker, there are fundamental issues on how American female players are developed. She is right the USWNT are victim of their success because unlike the men, the women’s game in the USA developed within it’s own American Sports bubble with over emphasis on speed and power. This worked when the rest of the world was under funded semi professional, but in the new era well funded teams from Europe bringing in the expertise from the male teams has taken the women’s game to a new level in tactics and technique and the USWNT have been left behind in their bubble. It is good someone in US has immediately identified the problems, but football is like US society, there is too much self-interest to do the right thing
This isn’t a bottom of the barrel program. lol. Yes. They need to get back to why they were so great. But, the women’s national team will be fine.
@@justinbergmans36 it is not at the bottom of barrel but it could be if more than handful of European nations start serious funding their female programs. What won the USWNT trophies in the past. Is no longer good enough now. There has been a major paradigm shift caused by the European teams,were a more technical and tactical football is needed to reach the top and the simple physical football of the USWNT will not win the big trophies anymore
The 'speed and power' stereotype is 10 years out of date. There are plenty of skillful players in the pool, like Shaw and Macario. The USWNT have never been the US women's basketball team, which has won all the time. Germany, Norway, Japan, and Spain have had their periods of dominance. I think what's happened is that the world started to pay attention to women's soccer at a time when the US happened to be in a period of relative dominance.
@@calc1657 If this is an outdated stereotype why does the USWNT have no technical passers in midfield and speedy forwards with low level technique? Did you not see the World Cup were teams learned if you play a low block defence against the USA you negate their speed and they struggle to create because they players are more reliant on their speed and power than technique. Even the football played in the NWSL is appalling and primitive kick and rush transition football that heavily relies upon speed. That is what Emma Hayes talks about when she says the lack of diversity of,play in the US women’s game.
@Delboy0 I disagree with those characterizations. The team is now fit. The young players have been integrated. The old guard has been moved on. We'll see what happens at the Olympics.
She’s right. Factually, objectively and subjectively she is telling the truth
The top current players do not play in the NWSL anymore. They used to, but they now have decided to stay in Europe since they have now invested there. The top US players need to follow suit and move to Europe
Too many players in the NWSL. Europe is where the best women's football is being played. That's dragging down both the US and Canadian teams.
It would be interesting to see NWSL teams be in the Womens Super league idk if it would work schedule wise
Yep
Champions League is certainly played at a much higher level, but there is no domestic league in Europe that is as strong top to bottom as the NWSL. The WSL (which is probably the strongest European league) has 3 teams that are stronger than any in the NWSL, but if you look at the teams 6 through 12 and compared them to the bottom 7 teams stateside, it's definitely weaker.
Our Universities and NWSL are top class league, where all our past players that won have come from, don't know wht ur talking about
lol NWSL > WSL 100%
Finally some humility, thank God. Maybe we do have a chance to win a World Cup again!!!
What humility😂😂 if a former player agrees with half the statement and says that they have the players to win now when Hayes herself said idk if we’ll win we just gotta have good performances… what makes you think the rest of the team doesn’t think the same as this girl
humility isn't enough. the Nats need to evolve on both mens and womens sides. unfortunately, I don't see that happening with Hayes.
@@r2dad282 exactly bro Americans can throw money all they want, true competition is overseas. You want an example of the American ownership mindset, look at my Chelsea and they shambles they’ve been in
@Gabryu_- what's been going on with Chelsea academy? used to pump out lots of top youth players. Has it become too expensive to run the academy? Scouting been poor? Money has certainly not been the problem but its not been spent wisely.
@@r2dad282 we have our academy and few players have been up with the first squad, but it’s more or less the identity is lost. We’d rather buy “wonder kids” over prepping and grooming them with our culture in the academy. We’ve had so many coaches already and they expect to be Top 4 when the coach doesn’t even get time to implement his style of play. The players we do have that are quality, we want to sell.
Am i going mad? In what world are the US favourites to win the olympic gold. Spain all day long, unless they get another drubbing from japan
She's absolutely right. Reality will hit when the big teams like Spain, England, Germany, France, Japan start to be very competitive with their investments coming in. Factor in that Women's Football will be developed rapidly in other countries like the ones seen in South America and South East Asia as well due to the sudden demand and popularity, and you have a way more competitive play field where everyone has enough firepower, tactics and Training as the USWNT. Leave it to her to figure out how to make them continue to win and back her up every step of the way. She is a proven winner and she will 100% bring strong results and world cups to the USA but only if you back her. This setup is akin to the 40s Nuclear Arms race but every national team is getting the coaching, player development, training, infrastructure that the USWNT has always had and only trusting in Emma and working with her is the only way to continue winning.
This is what I'm thinking though, it's the whole system needs an overhaul. It's like the men's, you need to have acadamies where they are train technique from 8 years old. Kids can get scouted from 4 years old in the mens. If the women's game goes the same way I don't see that the USWNT currently has any sort of infrastructure to accommodate this.
I'm going to eat food in my bowl
Hope you enjoyed it, just had dinner it was yummy 😋
Forget what happened in the last WC, all you need to watch is when Mal, Smith and Macario are on the pitch together.
When you have Morgan and Dunn in your team, you're telling that the NWST is stuck.
Curious if more US players move to european clubs with her appointment
Actually it's a must for them .Emma hayes needs to talk to federation about it.
Cat Macario and Mia Fishel moved to Chelsea last summer so maybe that process is already underway.
Is it me or does it look like Ali Krieger used the same interior designer as Frank Leboeuf?
Avoided is saying that WSL and Lionesses ( why the big decline since the home advantage tournament win ) has to close a big gap with the likes of Lyon and Barcelona..english football has never had the win at all costs mentality because the country ( rightly ) values decency ( note the word ) in other areas of life
So they’re saying we’re washed despite winning 3 world cups?
Thing is those 4* world cups all happened literal years ago.
Things can change in just one world cup cycle. This "europe is catching up" has been talked about in the press for well over 5 years. The USWNT isn't washed, it does need structural changes to compete with the sort of preexisting infrastructure that is already present at top European clubs
The past is the past
That's the funny part.
The new narrative is: The US needs to do the European way or else it'll suck but at the same time even if they do they'll never be tops.
Hayes as USWNT manager is so weird ffs
Very
Did you see how the USWNT did in the last World Cup? Of course she's right.....
And i need more Ali Krieger in my life because being a knowledgable footballer and a sexy woman is just, AMAZING!!!
bro it's a sports channel, stop being weird
No, that is just a silly narrative. The US women have never been omnipotent. Japan, Norway, Germany, and Spain have each won World Cups. The US simply have had the deepest pool of talent, which has allowed it to win more than the others. There has been a recent delayed changing of the guard. That and a spate of injuries lead to poor results. The team will recover.
I don’t think she is necessarily talking about talent pool, I think everyone knows the US has the most and maybe best talents but in terms of coaching and club level competition the US has definitely been behind in the last few years. Football has really been going through a huge change in Europe, both men’s and women’s, and the US has been stagnant that whole time.
What does "the world has caught up" mean? If "the world" means Spain, then we are noticeably behind. We're probably like the 3rd to 5th best team in the world right now; with better management and roster selections we might move up to 2nd.
No way is the USWNT straight to top 2 in the world currently just by a roster change. Look at who the USWNT has lost or drawn against in the last year and a half. When was even the last time the US beat one of the top 5 European countries? Top 2 in the short term is going to be a stretch.
This is going to be a project. It's exciting though, I think she can make some structural changes that are really going to bring tangible long term benefits to the team. I'm just not holding my breath on the team getting gold at the Olympics. Which should be totally fine for the fans, this is a project. Don't expect the heavens or you'll be disappointed.
USWNT had a close encounter against Portugal in the last WC. 5 yrs ago the most likely outcome would have been a comfy win... 5 years ago USWNT beat Thailand 13-0, in the last WC they beat Vietnam 3-0... 5 yrs ago USWNT won the world cup after winning every game, the last WC they could only defeat Vietnam.... that is what means the world has caught up/is catching up.
Emma mi ídolo, emma el futbol femenino te necesita no te retires tienes mucho por dar y enseñar a esta liga eres grande dios te cuide a ti y tu familia bendiciones desde colombia 🇨🇴 el país de la belleza te esperamos con los brazos abiertos
Yes
Running would be helpful
I don't care about the women's football too much, but I must admit that USWNT are NOT a big favourites to win the Olympic gold medal, given their recent declines after that failures in Women's World Cup. Spain might be a huge favourites, especially because they were controlled by numerous Barcelona players, particularly the Ballon d'Or winner Bonmati. In addition, France would be too dangerous because, well, they have a home fans. Even the men's tournament predicted Spain and France to be one of the favourites as well, along with Argentina (assuming several senior stars also played in the Olympics without the risk of fatigues after Euro/Copa America).
men and women football might or might not have nothing to do with each other. For instance, currrent WC men winners are a third rate team in women football
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There is a gap, just not the way Hayes think. The gap is closing - from non-powerhouse countries to the US.
I stopped watching Olympics since professionals partake and now that amateurs are sponsored so fully that don't have any other job that they actually have any obligation to. The whole focus on nations instead of athletes also seems so tacky. The Olympic ideal has been dead a long while. TV took over demanded high level spectacle.
The NWSL is the most successful and fun league to follow in the world. The other league only have one or two good teams. All our teams are great that is why we have the most weekly attendance. With such great players, it will a breeze to be first in the world again under the guidance of a great coach.
Having all teams equal means newer fans will have trouble choosing which club to support.
Also nwsl may have more weekly attendance but wsl team definitely has way more fans due to connection with their men team worldwide.
@@frankreynolds9930 most people follow the team in their city or state. Equal teams mean more competition.
Most fun to watch and higher quality/competitive edge are 2 different things. One would argue that the Harlem Globbe Trotters are fun to watch (I dont think they would be very competitive though). Current trends in women football tends to include high press, strong midfield control and quality build up. NWSL fails in at least 2 of those things. With all that said, I do love to watch/follow the league
@@aletapequena Strong midfield and back control means a long, long period of passing the ball between themself which is extremely boring to watch. Thus the low attendance in Europe and high attendance in America. This week we had the highest attendance in league history 35.000 at the Chicago/Kansas City game. This is unheard of in Europe where they usually have only a few thousand.
Ali seems confused if she thinks that the USA has the players to win this summer.
Ummm… I don’t think so.
From 2022 to now, Spain women's football team is the best team in the world by a lot of margin. 3 + another ballon d'or on the way. both as a block and as individuals. USA don't have any player who can match Bonmatí or Putellas alone. Horan is a clown next to Bonmatí. Macario? SMith? The daughter of dennis rodman? are you kidding me?
USA women won those World Cups when women's football was not professional in Europe and women were not interested. That is over, forever. The USA now has to accept the insignificant role of its men's football in the women's game, it is time to wake up. It was good while it lasted. Know your place, USA.
Haha bro the U.S is the best team in women soccer Haha
was
This is just a taste of her "victim hood." She is preparing the US fans for the array of excuses she will treat us when she doesn't reach our expectations. WARNING: She is not our saviour, not in the way most people see her. Yes she was successful in England, but if you watch that league compared to others, defensive tactics are not their forté. Sure, it is a very high flying, grossly physical, and dynamic league. However, it is a league where it's ok to make mistakes, to lose possession anywhere on the field, to possess the ball without purpose, to commit fouls in dangerous areas or anywhere for that matter. The problem is that in international football all those things matter; they make a difference. As far as tactics are concerned, I think she will need to learn and adapt, or she will have a difficult time. Let's face it, the NWSL where the absolute majority of our players come from is very similar to the WSL.
Not interested what that nasty person has to say. Why are you even giving her air time
For the same reason you get anytime at all.
@@user-kt7qc8qe1l OK paid troll. You lot are so obvious.
@willie549 Because she is their national women team manager. Ofcourse she will get air time.
It has begun once again. Let’s go !!!🇺🇸🏆🏆🏆🏆🇺🇸 let’s get that gold. I’m satisfied with Emma Hayes roster. Looking forward to the friendly against 🇰🇷. 🫶🏻⚽️ I love the women’s game.
Can’t wait to hear her views on Meg Rapinoe’s insistence that biological men should be allowed to play women’s football
They shouldn’t
Close the gap the U.S. is the best women's soccer nation in the world the cups are there to see what's happening with the U.S. women's is they have gotten complacent and alot of the old guard stuck around way too mich especially with the social issue and pay gap thing so they've been distracted but if you get rid of the cancer this team will dominate again
no
No, club level football is way better in Europe. The US no longer has the advantage that it did. Hayes is arguably the best womens manager in the world. Theres a reason they went out and got her.
The USA doesn’t have the talent anymore to win international trophies outside of the Americas… and even that may be slipping away.
Maybe it will become more clear after the Olympics.
Try some punctuation
I feel like some of you guys don't understand the levels of infrastructure top European clubs bring with it. And here most importantly I'm talking about top end acadamies that take kids in from under 8s. This will filtering into the European system over the course of the next 10 years.
The current USWNT player development is not fit for purpose. It needs an overhaul. The collegiate system is a relic that needs to be overhauled, which to be fair is slowly happening with so many youngsters turning pro at teens.
Spain is currently undisputed world no. 1, and based off under-21, u19 and u17 world and European cups they will be for the next 2 cycles at least.
Emma is sandbagging, US have by far the best footballer up and down and will easily win the Olympic as long as the player respect the flag and know the national athem! MAGA!!!! USA!!! MAGA!!!
😂😂😂😂
I can hear the tears drop while you type this 😆
Disagree…
Who is the best player? Name them for me...
Funny post. Comments based on what facts?
The US have the best footballers. C’mon who are you trying to kid? But playing European football does improve their skill set for sure!
boring, uninspiring women. couldnt win a teddy bear.
WOULDN'T SAY THAT.🙄.