âš½ 2015 Gold Cup Tournament âš½
- Thread starter GatorTAG
- Start date
VirginiaGator
VA to RI to FL
- Jul 9, 2014
- 131
- 252
Hey I was first! Someone merge this into my topic.
VirginiaGator
VA to RI to FL
- Jul 9, 2014
- 131
- 252
If you want to carry on with this conversation, you can find me in the real thread USA soccer! :moon:
- Jun 11, 2014
- 4,834
- 8,299
Founding Member
Far too much screeching and far too much psycho Hope Solo. Not sure how much I'll be watching.
VirginiaGator
VA to RI to FL
- Jul 9, 2014
- 131
- 252
2-1 USA!! Can someone just merge mine..........it's embarrassing...
VirginiaGator
VA to RI to FL
- Jul 9, 2014
- 131
- 252
Even though USA is #2 in world, Australia is #10. So they aren't bad. First game of the World Cup too. We'll be fine.
- Jan 6, 2015
- 14,409
- 27,088
Soccer nerd here, forgive me.
Abby is old, it is a known fact. She may not start all games, may not even play in all games. Her presence changes the way opponents play, sometimes you want to force that. At other times, her style doesn't fit well to go against today's defenses - so depending on the opponent, she may not be used. This is her last WC, everybody knows that. Some weren't sure she'd make the squad.
Also, we are in a generational transition with this team. There are a few older players like Abby and Rapino, and a lot of new faces even among the starters. They have had the past few years to sort out who of the next generation is good enough to make the squad and possibly start. They have also had that time to use friendly matches to work out chemistry - who works well together on the field. I don't know if this opening game was just jitters or if they are still figuring out chemistry. It doesn't look like they are a whole unit as yet.
The team overall looked asleep to start the game, though I credit AUS with coming out of the gate strong and hard, they pressed us and were dominating out of the gate. 10 min in, the US settled down and started playing better, playing their game a bit more rather than trying to react to what AUS was doing. We are one of the top teams in the world for a reason, we are f'n good. That said, we aren't always on top of our game. And, for those of you who couldn't stand the way we played, skip the rest of the games. Women's soccer may not be for you. That said, you have a choice to watch or not - don't watch and bitch. Watch and enjoy, or don't watch.
Abby is old, it is a known fact. She may not start all games, may not even play in all games. Her presence changes the way opponents play, sometimes you want to force that. At other times, her style doesn't fit well to go against today's defenses - so depending on the opponent, she may not be used. This is her last WC, everybody knows that. Some weren't sure she'd make the squad.
Also, we are in a generational transition with this team. There are a few older players like Abby and Rapino, and a lot of new faces even among the starters. They have had the past few years to sort out who of the next generation is good enough to make the squad and possibly start. They have also had that time to use friendly matches to work out chemistry - who works well together on the field. I don't know if this opening game was just jitters or if they are still figuring out chemistry. It doesn't look like they are a whole unit as yet.
The team overall looked asleep to start the game, though I credit AUS with coming out of the gate strong and hard, they pressed us and were dominating out of the gate. 10 min in, the US settled down and started playing better, playing their game a bit more rather than trying to react to what AUS was doing. We are one of the top teams in the world for a reason, we are f'n good. That said, we aren't always on top of our game. And, for those of you who couldn't stand the way we played, skip the rest of the games. Women's soccer may not be for you. That said, you have a choice to watch or not - don't watch and bitch. Watch and enjoy, or don't watch.
- Jun 19, 2014
- 21,666
- 48,637
Founding Member
- Jun 12, 2014
- 420
- 296
Founding Member
Durty South Swamp;n232435 said:I enjoy watching alex morgan
She didn't even play did she?
- Jun 19, 2014
- 21,666
- 48,637
Founding Member
- Jun 19, 2014
- 21,666
- 48,637
Founding Member
