World Cup

[mrreality68]

The women will not last long in the Knock out round if they keep playing the way they have the last 2 games. Especially against Portugal.
and Portugal is ranked 21st and it was there first world cup.

Team USA almost lost in injury time.

Could be ugly moving forward if they do not step up

[bk400]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

The women will not last long in the Knock out round if they keep playing the way they have the last 2 games. Especially against Portugal.
and Portugal is ranked 21st and it was there first world cup.

Team USA almost lost in injury time.

Could be ugly moving forward if they do not step up

Carli Lloyd is absolutely right. I'd frankly rather have a 41-year old Carli Lloyd out there on the field right now.

I think missing Becky Sauerbrunn hurts a lot, as Julie Ertz has to play center back (says a lot about how good Julie Ertz is) instead of her natural position as a defensive midfielder.

Andronovski seems to be pretending he's coaching a premier league men's team, where the quality is so high that you can change your lineup on the fly and still be in sync.

I suspect that our ladies are going to be fired up against Sweden, but it's going to take more than individual aggression and flair to beat them.

[Snapolit1]

Why is it in sports they when a team underperforms its always attributed to the same thing: they didn’t want it had enough. Kind of silly. Maybe the other teams talents matched or surpassed your team. It’s a tired canard. It’s always some variation about “how you didn’t want it bad enough”. Like Bobby Knight screaming at some kid who just missed two free throws that he doesn’t want it. It’s just one of those stupid things you hear over and over.

People can want to win very badly and not execute well. They are two totally separate things.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Why is it in sports they when a team underperforms its always attributed to the same thing: they didn’t want it had enough. Kind of silly. Maybe the other teams talents matched or surpassed your team. It’s a tired canard. It’s always some variation about “how you didn’t want it bad enough”. Like Bobby Knight screaming at some kid who just missed two free throws that he doesn’t want it. It’s just one of those stupid things you hear over and over.

People can want to win very badly and not execute well. They are two totally separate things.

I would agree and to me it is all about the execution of the players. The international talent level is up but most people believe that the US Team has the better Talent(with the gap not as wide vs some Teams). But they had better talent in the last round but it was lack of execution.

[Peter_Spaeth]

They've given up one goal in three games. Their talent will carry them IMO.

[mrreality68]

should be a great final 16 Knock out round style. And we had upsets like Italy, Canada, and Brazil knocked out

and teams like South Africa, Nigeria, and Jamaica getting in.

[ClementeFanOh]

Spain and Japan looking GOOD today. Tomorrow is a fascinating game for
the USWNT. Talk about being backed into a corner with a lot to prove! That
game should speak volumes- one way or another- about this WCup squad.
Looks to me like several teams play better soccer than USWNT, or at least
do so more consistently. Soccer is compelling in that so much scrutiny can
be dumped onto the #1 team. Gonna be a must watch for me... Trent King

Originally Posted by bk400

Carli Lloyd is absolutely right. I'd frankly rather have a 41-year old Carli Lloyd out there on the field right now.

I think missing Becky Sauerbrunn hurts a lot, as Julie Ertz has to play center back (says a lot about how good Julie Ertz is) instead of her natural position as a defensive midfielder.

Andronovski seems to be pretending he's coaching a premier league men's team, where the quality is so high that you can change your lineup on the fly and still be in sync.

I suspect that our ladies are going to be fired up against Sweden, but it's going to take more than individual aggression and flair to beat them.

True missing Becky Sauerbrunn hurts, but Julie Ertz has to start in her natural position, which she distributes the ball well from there and has good chemistry with Lindsey Horan. Andonovski needs to move Ertz back to her position if they want to get past Sweden