The United States coach Emma Hayes distributed two other first ceilings on Sunday in a 4-0 victory against Ireland at the TQL stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, bringing the total to 24 international beginnings during his 24 games in charge.
Defender Izzy Rodriguez and midfielder Sam Meza were the last two players to wear the Uswnt shirt in a match for the first time under Hayes and Rodriguez scored.
“It’s so surreal,” Rodriguez told TNT’s broadcast at halftime. “I think this team was everything, and they really welcomed me in this group, and it made me want to cry. I was so emotional on the ground, so I’m really happy to be able to kiss it with everyone.”
The attackers Lynn Biyndolo, Yazmeen Ryan and Alyssa Thompson each added goals during the victory on Sunday. Biyendolo scored the opening goal 11 minutes from the match when she buried a volley in the upper corner on a crossing of Emma Sears.
Ryan scored in the 66th minute to count his first international goal. Thompson scored the USWNT’s fourth goal in the 87th minute – seven minutes after entering the match – to get on the match sheet for the second consecutive match.
Hayes officially resumed the USWNT just over a year ago and won an Olympic gold medal in its 10th game in August. Since then, she has promised to deepen the players’ swimming pool on the 2027 World Cup road.
“I have the impression that everyone does not just trust the process, but they do all the things we asked them to do,” said Hayes after the match. “Everyone was so well shown. I thought Sam Meza was exceptional in Pivot position. I thought Izzy had become the game,” shown his quality deliveries. “
Hayes changed the entire XI of the team from the team that beat Ireland 4-0 three days earlier. He only marked the seventh time in the history of the USWNT – and second this year – that all the programming has gone from one match to another.
Ten players from the starting range had 10 traffic jams or less in their name. The only exception was the veteran striker Biyndolo, who capitalized the team for the first time on Sunday.
“It’s not easy to go and chance [entire starting lineup]And play and raise the bar, “said Hayes.” The players did it. I am extremely proud of them. “”
According to Us Soccer, Meza and Rodriguez became the 13th and 14th players of Hispanic origin to play for the USWNT. Rodriguez is a rear out of the back for Kansas City current at the head of the NWSL. Meza plays for Seattle Reign FC.
Rodriguez played the whole match, and Meza played 87 minutes before being replaced by Rose Lavelle, who entered the match shortly after a audible, “We want Rose!” song of his native crowd.
“As the game was built, I thought we had suffocated, suffocating, which makes Ireland difficult to take momentum,” added Hayes. “We treated the first and second balls in a better way [in the] second half. And if we are a little more decisive – if we are honest with ourselves – the score could have been greater. “”
According to Us Soccer, Sunday’s victory was the 600th of 40 years of the program.
The USWNT will face Rival Canada on Wednesday in Washington, DC, to close the international window. Hayes said she was going to reduce the heart of her list in the next international window in October.
