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Veteran defender Ali Krieger suffered a serious knee injury when tackled. I didn't see it, but read a comment in the article linked below from someone who did. Hope she is okay :(


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Bummer, she is one of my favorite defenders. :(

But 14-0 is a good start.

And yea, nobody saw it. It was/is (at least the group stages) on Universal Sports Network. I don't think anybody gets that.
 
meyers7 said:
Bummer, she is one of my favorite defenders. :(

But 14-0 is a good start.

And yea, nobody saw it. It was/is (at least the group stages) on Universal Sports Network. I don't think anybody gets that.
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It is good to see the girls scoring some goals -- even if the opponent was a "patsy".

I'm happy to see that Pia is moving to some creative positioning of her players:
(4-3-2-1.) I look forward to seeing how they organize both the offense and defense from that alignment.
 
The thread title is misleading.. They did not win a qualifier, they won a game in a qualifying tournament. They have a long way to go to qualify, specifically, they have to get to the semifinal, and win it. And there is no workaround if they don't to that, as there was last time.
 
speedoo said:
The thread title is misleading.. They did not win a qualifier, they won a game in a qualifying tournament. They have a long way to go to qualify, specifically, they have to get to the semifinal, and win it. And there is no workaround if they don't to that, as there was last time.
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Sorry, of course you're right. I have no doubt the US will qualify, I'm more worried about Ali.
 
cardfan said:
Sorry, of course you're right. I have no doubt the US will qualify, I'm more worried about Ali.
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As long as they win the group they should be alright. Don't want to face Canada until the final.
 
Olde Coach said:
It is good to see the girls scoring some goals -- even if the opponent was a "patsy".

I'm happy to see that Pia is moving to some creative positioning of her players:
(4-3-2-1.) I look forward to seeing how they organize both the offense and defense from that alignment.
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I think it is probably a 4-2-3-1. Which would be a more attacking formation, with Boxx and Lloyd playing the holding positions. Abby up top and Cheney withdrawn with Heath and O'Reilly outside. But didn't get to see it, so that's only a guess. Hope to catch the semi's.

On another note, the MNT plays tonight on ESPN3/Galavision. Won't be the A team though. More like a B/C team. But at least we can see it.
 
meyers7 said:
As long as they win the group they should be alright. Don't want to face Canada until the final.
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Sounds like you believe Canada (home team) is the main competition. Mexico is not a threat?
 
speedoo said:
Sounds like you believe Canada is the main competition. Mexico is not a threat?
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For the group stage, yes. Need to win the group so we can play Costa Rica (probably) in the Semi. For the tourney, Canada is the main competition.

FIFA rankings (yea I know but), have Canada 7th, Mexico 21st. USA is still 1st.
 
Horrible, especially to have that happen in such a lopsided game.
 
"Reckless tackle" to quote the federation story... Unfortunately a number of referees from countries where soccer is not played at a sufficiently high level have a problem identifying serious foul play. I did not see the game but saw a comment from a highly placed women's coach that the player who fouled Ali was not sent off. A shame, as she should have been according to the comment I saw...
 
DieHardHusky said:
I'm still in shock about how they scored 14. But I'm not complaining :)
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You can be shocked again, they scored 13 last night against Guatemala. Sydney LeRoux came on in the second half and scored 5.
 
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