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Message: [QUOTE="MSSportsGuy, post: 4387571, member: 6485"] For better or worse the current cycle selection looks exactly like the men's process when they started to lose dominance: invite players who interested with some of the better ones declining for varous reasons, then put them together for a few practices and see what happens. The pandemic threw everything off for every national team across the world so it's probably not just the US experiencing this reduced cycle time. I just don't think the US will be as dominant as usual when looking at the current state of the roster. I hope I'm wrong and this team is the catalyst for the next wave of stars. The 16 Olympics had probably the best mix of youth and veteran leadership possible with stalwarts like Bird, DT, and Fowles playing alongside Stewie, Griner, EDD, and Maya. Fun fact, of the 12 on that team will play in the WC. Of the 18 WC roster, there will be at most 4 and possibly just 2 returning. That's huge turnover in a relatively short amount of time. If the US is due for a loss this would be the time to get it. [/QUOTE]