Former U.S. National Team legends Mia Hamm and Carli Lloyd to serve as assistant coaches for Heather O’Reilly-led TST team
By: TST Staff
BOSTON (May 22, 2024) – The Soccer Tournament (TST), which features $1 million, winner-take-all tournaments for men and women on the ESPN networks, today announced that former United States women’s national team stars Mia Hamm and Carli Lloyd will join the coaching staff for Heather O’Reilly’s US Women. US Women will be competing in TST’s eight-team women’s tournament at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC, from June 7-10.
Introducing the US Women coaching staff, who have nearly 1,000 combined caps representing the US Women’s National Team over the last 3+ decades and they have also had representation at every Women’s World Cup from ‘91-2019!
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Hamm and Lloyd will serve as assistants under head coach Carla Overbeck, a former UNC and North Carolina Courage star who played for the US national team for 12 years from 1998-2000.
“There are not many moments where we have former national team players and staff all together, so being a part of this amazing squad was something I have been really looking forward to,” said Carli Lloyd. “Heather has assembled a great team and has put a lot of work into pushing for a women’s TST to happen. Although I would have loved to play this summer with a lot of my former teammates, I’ll be cheering and coaching from the sidelines with all the other legendary staff!”
.@TST7v7 news: Carla Overbeck will serve as head coach for the US Women, with fellow #USWNT greats @MiaHamm, @CarliLloyd + @MichelleAkers10 among the coaching staff for @HeatherOReilly & Co.
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Other members of the US Women staff include Michelle Akers, Wendy Palladino, Bill Palladino, Kacey White, Lisa Pittaro, Jen Mead, and Kendall Fletcher White.
“We put together a pretty epic coaching staff,” said team captain Heather O’Reilly. “They were some of the best footballers on the planet spanning over three decades of USWNT domination. If I can’t win when Michelle Akers, Mia Hamm, and Carli Lloyd are encouraging me, I don’t deserve to split the million.”
This year’s TST features an eight-team women’s event for a $1 million prize, in addition to the 48-team men’s event. The field is split into two groups of four. The US Women’s group features the Wrexham Red Dragons, NWSL club Angel City FC, and Streetball FC Canada.
US Women kick off the Women’s Groups of TST in an INSANE Group A consisting of Angel City, the Wrexham Red Dragons and Streetball FC Canada!
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US Women’s first group stage game will be against Streetball FC Canada at 12 pm ET on June 7. Their second group stage match will be against Angel City at 7:30 pm ET on June 7. US Women’s last group stage game against the Wrexham Red Dragons will be played at 8 pm ET on June 8.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals on June 9.
Both the men’s and women’s events will conclude in a winner-take-all championship doubleheader on June 10, with a total of $2M in prize money being awarded.
Fans interested in purchasing tickets to attend the event can do so at thetournament.com/tst/tickets.
