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PARIS -- One day last winter, Crystal Dunn sent Emma Hayes a text. The message was something along the lines of, "Ma'am, I hear rumors!" Dunn recalled recently, and it was rooted in the bubbling speculation at the time that Hayes was going to become the new coach of the United States women's national team.
Dunn, a veteran defender who had played a season under Hayes at Chelsea before moving to the NWSL, said Hayes seemed excited but was understandably circumspect in their exchange, and Dunn concluded it by telling Hayes: "I hope it's true.