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US women can expect subtle changes under Sermanni

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Tom Sermanni was hired Tuesday to replace Pia Sundhage, who led the Americans to back-to-back Olympic gold medals and their first World Cup final in 12 years. Sermanni has spent the last eight years as Australia's coach, taking the Matildas to the quarterfinals of the last two Women's World Cups.

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Tom Sermanni doesn't come with a guitar. And forget about bursting into song when he meets the U.S. women's soccer team for the first time, as predecessor Pia Sundhage famously did. "I can't do that one bit," the Americans' new coach said, smiling. "I can come up with some good one-liners and clichés, but players don't tend to appreciate them as much."