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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4021765, member: 6927"] It has to be one of the players on the pitch at the end of OT. Lloyd started the game but, like all the other starting forwards (Heath, Williams) plus attacking mid (Mewis), was subbed out. In fact, the four US subs (Lavelle, Morgan, Press, Rapinoe) were the first four PK takers. So the options for PK #5 would have been Horan, Ertz, Dunn, O'Hara, Sauerbrunn, Dahlkemper. Going back to this question: I can only imagine that the plan was to use our competitive advantage in bench depth and have fresh legs in the attacking third, which did almost pay off with numerous near chances late in the game. Whether this aided in the outcome of the PKs — as noted, all four PK takers were the subs — can be debated. [/QUOTE]