Thoughts on the WWC?

[RSTuthill]

Thoughts on third place?

 

[meyers7]

Thoughts on third place?

Gotta go with the home team?

 

[RSTuthill]

Extra day to rest and prepare at the end of a long hard tournament is unfair. That should be changed. The Aussies were simply out of gas.

But the fact that the Yanks dominated the Swedes and did everything but put the ball in the net is encouraging. Aside from that last part.

 

[huskypantz]

I'm a huge fan of Girma's as well. I just think Swanson and Macario are huge talents. I'm not sure what Thompson is going to do because she's so teeny. But we had a player that can keep the ball at her feet, and is difficult to tackle, in Demelo, and clearly Vlatko had no idea how to use her. We wasted years of Tobin Heath on the flanks, which was dumb. She should have been in the middle. I hope we're not making the same mistake with Demelo. Agreed on Smith and Rodman, but at least they are better than Williams, they can develop, and provide us with solid attacking options like Morgan. We don't have a Wambach anywhere right now. As for Sanchez, it's true, I am a fan. I like her attacking style, and though I appreciate that Fox is feisty, I just don't think she can add as much in the attack.

Girma was great. She can stop any sideline attack, great 1 on 1, steady in the build up and she had at least one incredible pass for an offensive opportunity (I think we scored on it). She also wrote a beautiful article on her deceased Stanford teammate.

 

[huskypantz]

I watched from 80:00 when I arrived at the gym this morning (13m stoppage time). Spain was so good. It was like a rugby side vs soccer technicians. They have a thoroughly enjoyable brand of soccer. Cheers to Espana.

 

[upstater]

I watched from 80:00 when I arrived at the gym this morning (13m stoppage time). Spain was so good. It was like a rugby side vs soccer technicians. They have a thoroughly enjoyable brand of soccer. Cheers to Espana.

This is precisely why I thought the early links to so-called yahoo American soccer fans dissing the skills of women soccer players was myopic. I was assured the person watches a lot of women's soccer. I don't buy it. There are highly skilled teams and highly skilled players. No one mentions it in the world cup when a small minnow trots a team out there, without a single player who can play in the top 5 European leagues. But they note it when they see a similar women's side.

 

[meyers7]

I watched from 80:00 when I arrived at the gym this morning (13m stoppage time). Spain was so good. It was like a rugby side vs soccer technicians. They have a thoroughly enjoyable brand of soccer. Cheers to Espana.

A lot of their player are from Barcelona or Real Madrid. And it shows.

Also they had a lot of their experienced players (5-6 of them with 30/40/50+ caps) who had withdrawn from the team due to problems with the coach/federation. They might have been a lot better.

 

[RSTuthill]

England did not have a lot of pop in their legs. Both teams that had the extra day of rest won the last two matches. That needs to be equalized in the future.

Both Spain and England were on another level compared to what the USA showed.

England high pressing with four seemed a bit foolhardy to me given the grade A's they were giving up.

So now the speculation begins on the new USA regime. Wish I could find the in depth article I saw on this topic. A huge mistake in my view to go domestic.