DECINES-CHARPIEU, France — In the past eight weeks Emma Hayes has managed to do what the last two coaches of the women’s national soccer team couldn’t do in the past eight years, which is get the U.S. to the gold-medal match in the Olympic Games.
The Americans accomplished that Tuesday, advancing to the final of the Paris Games with a 1-0 extra-time win over Germany before a sparse crowd at Stade de Lyon, where the U.S. won its last World Cup in 2019.
2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games