The Emma Hayes Interview | Unfiltered Soccer
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I've spent 25 years honing my craft to be able to do this job. I have promised myself with plenty of meditation, I will live it like that regardless of the outcome.
Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim, presented by Volkswagen.
What plans does Emma Hayes have for the January camp?
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Welcome to Unfiltered Soccer with Landon and Tim. LD, how are you, bud?
Doing great, man. Excited for today.
Excited for today. We always seem to get bigger and better guests each and every time. So super excited.
How does the new High Impact Player rule affect the NWSL?
We are joined by Olympic gold medal winning women's Super League, seven time women's Super League champion and five times. So jealous. Five time FA Cup winner.
What pressure does Emma Hayes feel as the USWNT head coach?
None other than U.S. Women's National Team manager Emma Hayes. Thank you, Emma, for joining us. This is an absolute honor.
The honor is all mine. Honestly, I've spent so much time watching you two play football over the years.
What is Emma Hayes's coaching history and journey to the USWNT?
I'm so glad you've invited me on to grill you both today. So thanks for having me.
Oh, we already know.
How does the culture of the USWNT influence player performance?
We've got our work cut out for us today. We get that. Thank you. This is awesome.
Emma, thank you. Before we start, guys, as always, follow us on social media at Unfiltered Soccer. Subscribe to the show on YouTube. Make sure you follow on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can always email Jordan, feedback at unfilteredsoccer.com. All right, Emma, let's get right into it. So we just spoke to Aaron Heifetz, who we love, the press officer for the women's national team. He was in L.A. What was he doing, Tim? Where was he?
He was in front of the Landon Donovan statue. It's actually pretty badass.
Emma, I don't know if you know, but I have a statue in L.A.
Yeah, he sent me a picture of it before I jumped online. It couldn't quite fit in the whole frame, so it must have been pretty big.
It was, I think, outsized based on my 5'8 height. But anyway, January camp starting. So you guys have games against Paraguay on the 24th and Chile on the 27th. Where are you now? I just saw a recent quote where you – I'm paraphrasing, but you're really thinking two years out now and how you plan over the next whatever year and a half or so. So what's your mindset going into this camp? What are you looking for? With the reminder that you don't have any European players and the Gotham players, I believe, are in Spain preparing for the Champions Cup. So what's your mindset now as you go into this camp?
I think we're absent about 17 core players from the squad.
Wow.
So this is an unbelievable opportunity for those that, whether they are players that sit as part of the pool and have been coming regularly, that they build on. the work that everybody's been putting in, or whether you are a person coming for the first time, whether you are a prospect, albeit maybe not everybody's for 2027, but for 28 or for 2031, that I think this is an unbelievable opportunity for those players, especially considering that when we did this last year, We went on from this camp last year and seven players directly made their debuts going forward in that year, have become regulars in the group. So this is a chance that so many players have been working towards. So I'm excited for them.
Coaches, you always see the good. Without 17 players yet, this is still an opportunity. I think that's brilliant. One of your big players, the country's biggest player, world's biggest player, Trinity Rodman is back with the national team. She's had a difficult year for various reasons. You've mentioned... sort of having this maternal instinct when it comes to protecting her. Can you sort of expand on that and that relationship? It's always so interesting with big-time players and coaches.
Yeah, I think I've said this so many times. I've coached so many players in over 25 years, varying different clubs. And what I've learned is when you coach some of the top, top players in the world is that you've got to give – the right support to them, particularly in the right times. And I think Trin has really, really needed both the club level and the national team level to really support her to get things right, both on and off the field, because the injury she was having in her back,
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:17
2
What plans does Emma Hayes have for the January camp?
0:17–0:37
3
How does the new High Impact Player rule affect the NWSL?
0:37–0:48
4
What pressure does Emma Hayes feel as the USWNT head coach?
0:48–1:01
5
What is Emma Hayes's coaching history and journey to the USWNT?
1:01–1:08
6
How does the culture of the USWNT influence player performance?
1:08–16:14
7
What insights does Emma Hayes share about Trinity Rodman's journey?
16:14–34:06
Speakers
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