Emma Hayes had only a few days between raising another trophy with her Chelsea FC players and starting her tenure as coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team.
“In an ideal world, everybody would love to be sitting on a beach somewhere now for a couple of weeks,” she said Thursday amid a whirlwind of media appearances in New York. “But my perspective is really clear: You don’t get many opportunities to go to an Olympics in your life.”
Before diving into her new project, Hayes took Sunday off to host a Star Wars-themed birthday party for her son Harry with some 40 guests.