Emma Hayes is ideal for the USWNT. But she would walk into a pit of vipers

The Chelsea coach will leave the WSL at the end of the season and is expected to take over the four-time World Cup champions. The job is far from an easy one

Few people on the Earth are as qualified as Emma Hayes to be the US women's national team coach.

The Englishwoman built a juggernaut at Chelsea. She gained experience for that job by coaching and consulting in the USA, where she helped to assemble a Western New York Flash team that won the last WPS championship. She's a frequent presenter at the annual United Soccer Coaches convention, also in the US. No one has a better understanding of where US players stand in comparison to their international peers.