The United States women's national team plays its first major tournament under manager Emma Hayes at the Summer Olympics.
The Olympics are one of two major tournaments in the women's soccer world. The Americans have come up short at the last two Olympics.
A quarterfinal exit in 2016 and a bronze medal in 2020 did not meet the USWNT's remarkably high standard and neither did a round of 16 exit at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Under Hayes, who is considered the best women's soccer manager in the world, the USWNT is expected to return to that high standard.