The USWNT “reclaimed its legacy" on Saturday and launched a “thrilling new era” in their 1-0 win over Brazil in the gold-medal game at the Parc des Princes. This win “firmly puts last year’s World Cup disaster in the past" and “kickstarted the Emma Hayes era with a golden flourish” (S.F. CHRONICLE, 8/10). The win “signaled the evolution and return to international power” of the USWNT. In reasserting a “once-dominant team,” the U.S. is “back in the sport it owned for so long.” With gold comes the "claim to that stature" (MIAMI HERALD, 8/10).
USWNT enters new era with gold medal win
