World Cup

[robinsonmantle]

Trent, I agree. The USA soccer organization needs to do some real soul searching and make some changes.

It’s a great tournament, I’m going to continue to watch.

Japan looks good and Spain looked dominate.


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[Carter08]

Originally Posted by robinsonmantle

Trent, I agree. The USA soccer organization needs to do some real soul searching and make some changes.

It’s a great tournament, I’m going to continue to watch.

Japan looks good and Spain looked dominate.


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Don’t forget my Dutch!

[mrreality68]

Sadly not surprised that they lost.
They came out strong and played a solid game. As mentioned earlier it felt like they won the first half and lost the 2nd half.....And Beyond. their goalie was solid and the defense was better than previous games

However, I feel that the Swedish team made better adjustments after the first half and thru out the game.

I feel some of the coaching calls or lack their of hurt.

The Same was super close, dramatic and great to watch. Both teams deserved to win But Sweden came out on top.

looking forward to the rest of the world cup just would have prefered the US to go further.

Definitely Dramatic just a shame many people missed it do to the time difference

[bk400]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Sadly not surprised that they lost.
They came out strong and played a solid game. As mentioned earlier it felt like they won the first half and lost the 2nd half.....And Beyond. their goalie was solid and the defense was better than previous games

However, I feel that the Swedish team made better adjustments after the first half and thru out the game.

I feel some of the coaching calls or lack their of hurt.

The Same was super close, dramatic and great to watch. Both teams deserved to win But Sweden came out on top.

looking forward to the rest of the world cup just would have prefered the US to go further.

Definitely Dramatic just a shame many people missed it do to the time difference

The defense showed up today, that's for sure. Repeating myself a bit, but missing Becky Sauerbrunn really messes up their lineup. Ertz is an absolute defensive stalwart (mistimed jump vs Portugal notwithstanding), but (as someone else also noted above) we really needed her this tournament in the 6 spot.

As for the penalties, yeah, all a bit nervy and uncharacteristic. But should be a good lesson for the next WC.

[ClementeFanOh]

I just read elsewhere that USWNT scored exactly ONE goal in the most
recent 300 minutes of game play at WCup. Ouch.

Trent King

[Peter_Spaeth]

One sure would have expected the prolific Sophia Smith to do some scoring. But ultimately it's a team game and even a mega star cannot be expected just to manufacture opportunities. Hopefully the popularity of women's soccer in the US won't take a hit.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh

I just read elsewhere that USWNT scored exactly ONE goal in the most
recent 300 minutes of game play at WCup. Ouch.

Trent King

Not counting the PKs against Sweden, they only gave up 1 goal as well so a little more offense would have gone a long way.

[ClementeFanOh]

Peter- It may be wise to pump the brakes a bit on Smith as a "mega star".
And I'd be stunned if women's soccer in general in US took a hit due to
this result.

Jay- No doubt, I mentioned the scoring to highlight a problem. The defense
surely wasn't the cause of this extremely early exit.

Trent King