John Sabala, August 5, 2021 at 8:49 a.m.
This was the form everyone thought we would see from the USWNT at the Olympics. The wake up came too late in the tournament. High pressing, connecting quicker passes in the midfield and changing the point of attack to break the defensive lines. Why did we wait until the last match the turn the team loose? It was good to see them go out with a win, but as I watched the game, I just kept asking why now and not earlier?
Lloyd showed she is still an elite player at 39 and could play longer if she wished. You don't need break away speed like Morgan to be a central striker. Undestandable after so many years committed to USWNT to hang up the cleats to pursue a personal life.
The backline continued to play poorly with the exception of Saurbrunn. It is time to move Dunn back to her natural position as a forward. Our best defending talents are with centerbacks so the US should consider moving to a back 3 formation. There is a ton of talent in the midfield to make this kind of change. WIth a 3-4-3 or a 3-5-2. The hardest spot to fill will be a true #9 that can hold up play and be a constant threat to the two centerbacks of the defending line. We must move away from the long ball mentality that our forwards will just outrun everyone to the ball. This will not work well against quality opponents. The end of an era for USWNT.
You say that as if it was ever not run by dumbasses.Yeah CONCACAF are run by dumbasses as well.
You say that as if it was ever not run by dumbasses.
Qualification is off to a great start!McKennie out for "violating rules" aka annoyed he's stuck playing with such bums and probably threw a tantrum lol
Qualification is off to a great start!
these bums aren't even gonna make the world cup.
We will make it in 2026 because we are hosting.
Time to talk about Berhalter’s job. Canada and El Salvador are two the weakest teams in the octagon. 2 points isn’t going to cut it.
We’ll see about Canada, but I have a hunch they’re not quite the 3rd best team in the Octogon.canada is probably the third best team in the confederation
really don’t get people calling for his job seeing as he has accomplished every goal to date (Nations League, Gold Cup, a fuck ton of dual nationals).
The US at home just started a lineup that was half CL players and couldn't beat a team with a majority of guys who play in 2.Bundesliga, South Korea, Serbia, MLS. The match before they couldn't score against a team playing no one from a legit league (minus MLS). Just a total disaster to start qualifying with 2 points against 2 teams that the US has a massive talent advantage over.really don’t get people calling for his job seeing as he has accomplished every goal to date (Nations League, Gold Cup, a fuck ton of dual nationals).
The US at home just started a lineup that was half CL players and couldn't beat a team with a majority of guys who play in 2.Bundesliga, South Korea, Serbia, MLS. The match before they couldn't score against a team playing no one from a legit league (minus MLS). Just a total disaster to start qualifying with 2 points against 2 teams that the US has a massive talent advantage over.
The only good thing is so far everyone else has basically tied outside of Mexico (who is beating bad teams). But if they don't get a result at Honduras, they're in serious shit.
Now I actually read this... this is hilarious. The US played an El Salvador team that was almost all players from the MIGHTY El Salvadorian league.us played 5 UCL players but Dest played 40 minutes. canada played 4. the talent gap between these teams just isn’t THAT massive (especially with no gio, mckennie, and steffen).