‘There’s this buzz of excitement’: Emily Fox on USWNT and Arsenal ambitions

<p>Right-back discusses Emma Hayes’s tactical messages, new blood in the national team and how Champions League win changed her</p><p>Emily Fox made her 68th appearance for the United States in the first of two recent friendlies against Portugal and the Arsenal right-back has been a steady hand for Emma Hayes.</p><p>Hayes has her eye on the 2027 World Cup after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/10/usa-brazil-olympic-womens-football-final-result-emma-hayes">winning Olympic gold</a> 15 months ago, and has used 2025 to evolve and evaluate the pool of players. Over the course of 10 wins and three defeats in that timeframe, Fox has been a dynamic force difficult to dislodge from the right flank of a new project. Her speed and skill are essential to the team’s defence and intrinsic to their attack.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/04/emily-fox-on-a-year-of-uswnt-changes-and-ambitions-at-arsenal">Continue reading...</a>