2023 Women's World Cup - USA team thread
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Abby’s dad was one of my best friends in high school. Bummed she can’t play.
Abby Dahlkemper: USWNT vs. Vietnam showed ‘evolution of women’s soccer’ - Just Women's Sports
While Vietnam proved tougher than expected, that is not as a knock on the USWNT but a sign of the growth of the game, Dahlkemper said.justwomenssports.com
I wish I could care more, I really do but not singing the national anthem leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's the national team, you choose to play for it. I honestly could care less about protests during club teams, its your choice I suppose, I think it does more harm than good but fine. But the national team, you are playing for your country. It's trash not to sing. If you don't like your country, don't play for the national team.
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Most of these scores I pretty much agree with, except for Lavelle. While she was more of a factor than DeMelo (who she replaced after halftime), she had @ 5 turnovers in the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half, before she settled down.
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USWNT player ratings vs. Netherlands: Horan, Lavelle, Ertz impress in gritty 1-1 draw
Lindsey Horan and Rose Lavelle combined for the U.S. goal as it drew 1-1 with the Netherlands, but Vlatko Andonovski coached a poor game, and too many starters -- including Trinity Rodman -- didn't perform.
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Its like rooting for OSU. You can see and appreciate that they have the most talented squad (and several of the players on the team are probably great kids) - but they are also so incredibly easy to NOT root for as a program.
Yes. That's where I'm at here. Torn. I want the USA to win but it's difficult to root for this team.
she may have been in an offside position -- it was close, and you can't tell for sure on the camera angle that was shown on the broadcast. However, being in an offside position does not make one offside. She would have had to either play the ball on the shot, or have interfered with either the view of the shot by the GK or the attempt to save the ball by the GK, to have been called offside.
In the 90' in 90" highlights, there is a view of the goal that does seem to show that 10 was in an offside position, but the analyst correctly indicates that she wasn't involved in the the play so not offside.
Could team USA be wearing uglier uniforms?
Why can't soccer refs/officials control the game clock on the scoreboard? How much extra time that exists in any game is a mystery. It doesn't seem to me it would be very difficult to make the scoreboard clock official.
Can you imagine a football game or a basketball game or hockey game when you have no idea how much time is left on the clock at the end of the game and the game just "ends."
Why can't soccer refs/officials control the game clock on the scoreboard? How much extra time that exists in any game is a mystery. It doesn't seem to me it would be very difficult to make the scoreboard clock official.
Can you imagine a football game or a basketball game or hockey game when you have no idea how much time is left on the clock at the end of the game and the game just "ends."
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The culture on the team may improve greatly once they get rid of Rapinoe once and for all, which may then make the USWNT much easier to cheer for.
We may see a similar effect with NBA fandom once LeBron finally retires. The NBA's viewership fell sharply after Michael Jordan's retirement, but we may see the opposite effect once the league finally rids itself of LeBron.
Agree on both counts. I haven't watched any of the Women's World Cup. The U.S. team just makes it very hard to root for them. I agree with earlier statements if you don't want to stand and/or sing the national anthem when playing for the national team then simply decline and not play. Yes when Rapinoe finally leaves I think you will see ratings jump back up some not all the way. Going to take awhile for many to buy back into the USWNT. Same goes for LeBron.
They really don't understand the dynamic. They lament making less than the men, don't equate the major disparity in viewership to dollars, then proceed to alienate part of that limited viewership.
In 2015, my daughter was heavily vested. She was part of a girl's Developmental Academy team tied to US Soccer. Quite an accomplishment for her that involved hour drives each way to practice 4 nights a week and tournaments all over the country. Had all the US soccer gear and traveled to Canada to watch the World Cup live.
Fast forward to 2023 and the US soccer stuff has gone to Goodwill and she isn't even watching the games.
And before anyone says she is intolerant of the causes they are espousing, that is not it at all.....it's a time and place thing. Sometimes you want sports just to be about sports.
USWNT vs. Netherlands takeaways: Lack of subs questionable but USA show resiliency in World Cup showdown
The USWNT attack struggled but improved as the game progressed
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Not good enough, Vlatko! USWNT winners and losers as Andonovski's decisions doom defending World Cup champions in frustrating Netherlands draw | Goal.com US
United States women's national team boss Vlatko Andonovski didn't set his team up to succeed against the Netherlands and then left them out to dry in a World Cup game that was dying for a change
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U.S. shows fighting spirit vs. Netherlands, but attacking issues remain
The U.S. dug deep and weathered some physical play to get a point against Netherlands. However, they have some issues that must be addressed.
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Really? My daughter told me people were making an issue because the players weren't singing. I can't understand how anyone could truly care, unless they wanted to make an issue about it.
Since when is "not singing" a protest? Do all the NFL players sing? Do all the fans sing? Or is it just women are supposed to sing?
I think people making an issue over this are anti-USWNT to start with and are making up an issue to support their position.
I am not anti USWNT. I have watched them many times and went to see them in person several times.
I am sure you think I am a righty, but I am not.
I said in my post I personally don't care when its for a club team, but for the national team, I feel differently.
Just my personal feelings.
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