The U.S. women’s soccer team is set to kick off the Emma Hayes era with two friendly matches against South Korea in June. The matches are scheduled to take place in Commerce City, Colorado on June 1 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 4 at Allianz Field. This will mark the first encounter between the two teams since October 2021, where the USA emerged victorious with a 6-0 win.
Emma Hayes, the newly appointed coach of the USWNT, will lead the team following Vlatko Andonovski's resignation after the team's disappointing last-16 exit at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Hayes, who currently manages Chelsea, is set to become the highest-paid women’s football coach globally, with reports indicating a salary of 1.6 million pounds ($2m), equivalent to the US men’s national team coach Gregg Berhalter.
