U.S. women's national team head coach Emma Hayes had only 75 days to build toward an Olympic gold medal. It would typically be considered an impossible task for some, but Hayes and the USWNT achieved what many thought they couldn't.

A coach with a long history of stepping on eggshells is aiming at her biggest challenge yet. Can she upend old-minded traditions of how soccer coaches teach women and girls?

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.