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4 members of the U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce earned main worldwide achievements on Tuesday.
Lindsey Horan, Naomi Girma, and Alyssa Naeher have been named to The Greatest FIFA Ladies’s 11 whereas head coach Emma Hayes was named FIFA Ladies’s Coach of the 12 months for 2024. All 4 girls have been influential within the USWNT capturing the Gold Medal on the 2024 Summer time Olympics in France.
Naeher had beforehand been named The Greatest FIFA Ladies’s Goalkeeper for 2024, whereas Hayes was named because the Ladies’s Soccer Coach of the 12 months on the Ballon d’Or awards.
“We actually recognize the enjoyment and vitality Emma has dropped at the workforce and U.S. Soccer,” mentioned U.S. Soccer CEO and Secretary Common JT Batson. “Emma’s dedication to our gamers, workers and everybody who cares about soccer in america is inspirational and he or she is so deserving of this award.”
Hayes coached her first USWNT matches final June and has but to endure a defeat in her new position. It’s the fourth time {that a} USWNT head coach has been named The Greatest FIFA Ladies’s Coach.
“It’s been a tremendous 12 months on many ranges, however my overriding emotion is gratitude,” mentioned Hayes. “I need to thank everybody who has been on this journey with us, particularly the gamers, coaches and workers from Chelsea and the USWNT. In the midst of 2023, I by no means thought I’d be sitting right here as a part of a gold medal-winning workforce, however I’ve cherished working with the gamers and I’m very enthusiastic about 2025 and executing our WNT technique. It’s going to be an thrilling time for the gamers as we proceed to construct on what we achieved in 2024.”
Girma, 24, was the one USWNT subject participant to play all 600 minutes on the Olympic Video games. The younger defender featured in all 18 USWNT video games this 12 months, main a USWNT protection that allowed simply 12 objectives all through all competitions.
The 30-year-old Horan captained the USWNT to the gold medal in France and performed 544 whole minutes within the competitors. She completed first on the USWNT in minutes performed (1,804) this 12 months, whereas contributing 5 objectives with three assists.
Naeher, 36, is retiring from skilled soccer after taking part in each minute of the 2024 Olympics. She grew to become the primary goalkeeper in girls’s soccer historical past to maintain clear sheets in each a World Cup Last and an Olympic Last. Naeher allowed solely two objectives within the Olympics.
The USWNT shall be again in motion subsequent February for the 2025 SheBelieves Cup on house soil.
