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Post by bbg95 on Aug 1, 2023 10:57:16 GMT -5
Not sure I've ever seen a US team look straight up slow. I seem to remember them looking pretty slow and old in Tokyo. Maybe not in every match, though.
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 1, 2023 11:24:02 GMT -5
I don't know soccer well enough to analyze myself, but this has been the narrative after all three group play matches. It's possible that this team just isn't very good. I wonder if they'll even be favored against Sweden. They're just not as talented as they used to be (through injury, lack of talent, etc) Injuries arent helping that... They'd be better with Becky, Pugh, Macario, Mewis, etc. but it doesnt discount the current crop of midfielders/forwards just arent as talented as the 2015/2019 squads. And Vladko is worse than Jill Ellis... which doesnt seem possible.. but here we are. The other thing is that the European countries are rapidly closing the gap. They have a superior development system in my opinion.
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Post by Mocha on Aug 1, 2023 14:20:08 GMT -5
My favorite part last night was when they showed a shot of former US greats in the crowd (Foudy, Hamm, et al), they all looked bored watching this team play.
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Post by zarsta on Aug 1, 2023 14:49:16 GMT -5
The match last night broke the record for a women's sport event in NZ, with just short of 43k at Eden Park. That just tops the 42.5k at the women's rugby world cup final last year (the opening match of Norway vs NZ was just over 42k).
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Post by Gladys Kravitz on Aug 1, 2023 15:03:22 GMT -5
Rapinoe and co will get bounced real soon
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Post by Mocha on Aug 1, 2023 15:40:41 GMT -5
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 1, 2023 16:36:43 GMT -5
Lavelle will also miss the next match due to what I think is a pretty obvious yellow card but ignorant USWNT Twitter thinks is among the worst calls ever. I mean, come on. The challenge was late, she didn't make contact with the ball, and she recklessly took out the Portuguese player's legs.
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 1, 2023 16:50:17 GMT -5
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 1, 2023 16:51:20 GMT -5
Lavelle will also miss the next match due to what I think is a pretty obvious yellow card but ignorant USWNT Twitter thinks is among the worst calls ever. I mean, come on. The challenge was late, she didn't make contact with the ball, and she recklessly took out the Portuguese player's legs. On replay it wasn't that bad but it was an idiotic challenge 50 yards from goal. When you do stuff like that, you get what you get.
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 1, 2023 16:59:56 GMT -5
Lavelle will also miss the next match due to what I think is a pretty obvious yellow card but ignorant USWNT Twitter thinks is among the worst calls ever. I mean, come on. The challenge was late, she didn't make contact with the ball, and she recklessly took out the Portuguese player's legs. On replay it wasn't that bad but it was an idiotic challenge 50 yards from goal. When you do stuff like that, you get what you get. It's great when you think about how many other players besides her are creating ANYTHING Oh wait. . . .
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 1, 2023 17:06:40 GMT -5
I saw someone on YouTube say that Vlatko has managed to make the USWNT look like the USMNT. Ouch.
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Post by nowhereman on Aug 1, 2023 17:33:15 GMT -5
One of my favorite album covers of all time. Have it on both vinyl and cd.
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 1, 2023 19:15:18 GMT -5
In other matches this morning, England defeated China 6-1. England is dealing with a lot of injuries, but they managed to win all three of their matches. Lauren James looked great. The Netherlands put a 7-0 shellacking on Vietnam who just looked outclassed. And Denmark beat Haiti 2-0.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Aug 1, 2023 19:46:29 GMT -5
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Post by geddyleeridesagain on Aug 1, 2023 19:47:39 GMT -5
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