Realistically, Emma Hayes wasn't going to go her entire career managing the United States women's national team without a loss. She's been on the job for less than a year and entered the ...
SAN DIEGO — Toko Koga scored early in the second half and Japan handed the United States its first loss under Coach Emma Hayes with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night in the SheBelieves Cup title game.
Instead, Japan took top honors after a 2-1 win over the USWNT on Wednesday in San Diego. However, this wasn’t the type of U.S. camp that would be deemed a failure or success by results alone. Head coach Emma Hayes selected plenty of her player pool’s more untested members to size up their readiness for her best possible squad.