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[QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4026476, member: 6927"]
Lots of great points here.

A certain layer of fans seem to engage in a reflexive form of ageism, whereby they start calling for players to be set out to pasture as soon as they reach a certain age. Some have even gone so far as to advocate for "term limits". We've seen it in basketball as well, with some fans claiming Taurasi and Bird are just too old for the national team.

I also agree that the defensive lapses were more concerning than the offensive struggles. Dahlkemper is regarded as one of the better defenders in the world, but she had a horrible tournament. O'Hara I thought was dreadful as well, I can't even count all the times I saw her lose the ball or give it away (one such play led directly to the late goal by Australia in the bronze medal game).

Losing Alyssa Naeher to injury early in the Canada game was a major blow. Adrianna Franch has supposedly been great in the NWSL but every time I've seen her play on the national team she has looked terribly unsteady and unreliable to me.
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