The USWNT received the sweetest gift before securing its fifth Olympic gold. It came from an artist named Will Cohen. He penned a touching yet hilarious anthem for the USWNT to wish them luck for the gold medal game against Brazil. It was wholesome, to say the least. Coach Emma Hayes, defender Naomi Girma, Mallory Swanson, and Trinity Rodman all got a shoutout in Cohen’s Team USA anthem. Now that the USA has earned the gold, the USWNT acknowledged Cohen’s efforts.

Team USA, USWNT, NWSL, and coach Emma Hayes collaborated on Instagram to share a video of the US team’s gold medal celebrations, featuring Will Cohen’s song. And it has become an instant fan favorite.

The song goes, “I am proud to be an American. Cause we can’t lose with Naomi[Girma]. We got three goals from Mal Swanson and three more from Trinity. And I’ll proudly stand up with Emma Hayes as we beat all the other countries. Cause there ain’t no doubt we gonna win gold. God bless USWNT.” 

The artist was on cloud nine to see his piece getting shared by the USWNT and coach Hayes. Anyhow, upon hearing the anthem, fans came up with bittersweet responses.

USWNT anthem elicits mixed responses from Team USA fans

“Please stand for the USWNT anthem,” Team USA’s Instagram handle captioned the post, having Will Cohen’s song in the background. In it, we could see Girma, Swanson, and Rodman feeling overjoyed to hear Cohen mention their name. Meanwhile, Emma Hayes laughed out loud when she discovered the portion, ‘I’ll proudly stand up with Emma Hayes as we beat all the other countries.‘ Anyhow, Cohen, notably, missed out on mentioning Sophia Smith, who scored a similar number of goals, like Swanson and Rodman in the build-up to the gold medal game.

Some fans wrote they thoroughly enjoyed watching the video. While some others said it made them cringe. Another bunch thought Cohen penned the song after the gold medal win and corrected him, saying Swanson had four goals in her tally. Besides, Team USA’s Instagram handle took immense heat for not giving Cohen the credit.

“This is epic,” a user commented. Indeed, the singer elevated this hilarious song to an anthem with efficient pitch variations. Another user stated, “I’m literally out of breath, cackling.” We guess coach Emma Hayes cackled in joy more than this fan. The former Chelsea boss looks like she is enjoying her life in her first season in America.

“The Emma Hayes affect!”

 Indeed, winning an Olympic gold within just two months of coaching, especially with a young team in transition, is quite an achievement. Some remarkable effect, if you ask me. Meanwhile, coach Hayes did not forget to laud her predecessor, Vlatko Andonovski, for grooming a young USWNT squad before he left camp after the 2023 World Cup exit.

“Sound off-” Not everyone is a fan of Will Cohen’s superhit song.“4 goals for Mal though.” An innocent yet hardcore USWNT fan, it seems. However, Cohen came up with the song before the gold medal match in which Swanson scored her fourth. Swanson’s first three goals came in the group stage and she went goalless in the knockout stage. But when it mattered the most, she delivered a lethal blow.

“The song creator needs to have credit. This is a bad look,” Team USA’s Instagram profile takes the heat as it did not tag Cohen and credited him for the anthem. Anyhow, some users commented on the singer’s name under the post and gave him credit. Moreover, he shared on his Instagram story, the same video, which Team USA also posted on TikTok. He wrote, “I can die happy.”

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