With the gold-medal win at the Olympics and her whirlwind 2024 behind her, Hayes was able to firm up and present her strategic vision for U.S. Soccer during the team’s January camp. She calls it “The WNT Way,” a plan that builds on technical director Matt Crocker’s vision for the program to grow the sport as a whole in the United States.

From the sporting side to commercial elements, the U.S. women’s national team coach said, the women’s game will benefit from an approach different than the men’s game.

Hayes has unveiled 'The WNT Way' blueprint for looking at everything through a "female lens." She hopes the effects are transformative on and off the field