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[QUOTE="D J B, post: 4022139, member: 11270"]
I understand what you're saying.  But VAR does play a big part of why the USWNT is having so many goals called back, and it has to do with the linesmen/lineswomen/linespersons not raising the flag immediately as they do in non-VAR matches.  Since VAR can and will be used to determine if their call is correct, they are waiting until the play is completed to raise the flag when it's a close call.  In non-VAR matches, they raise the flag and blow the whistle and the play usually stops before completion.  It's just the way the game has changed under video replay.

Is it concerning that there have been so many in the Olympics?  I suppose, but the USWNT has always used long ball attack the goal play as a standard part of their game.  Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don't.  I personally don't think it's anything to be overly concerned about.  As you say, these are veteran players.

My bigger concern is how they often get stuck in the midfield, or how they lose possession far too easily.  Sometimes it seems that they don't know what color kits they are wearing.  And then there are the mind-numbing mistakes in the back line. Those concern me most.
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