OT: USWNT vs Australia!!!

[Caliknight]

Socks are accessories. Who cares.

It's about performance. They have USA on their jersey's. That's all they need to represent the country.

 

[Abro1975]

What to expect should the US face Canada :

http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/soccer/2015/06/09/womens-world-cup-uswnt-canada/28736051/

 

[James_Bond]

You wont believe this but the Australian team's official website states the US team were not that good and that they were world class against us. What a joke.

All articles linked below.

1) USA Today
2) Slate
3) SB Nation
4) FanSided
5) Equalizer
6) ProSoccerTalk (NBCSports)

 

[RU848789]

Lloyd played and like most of the team, played better in the 2nd half. In the first half, they were flooding the midfield and we were playing wide, so Lloyd was mostly playing defensively and she did have some nice stops/tackles. Thought we controlled the midfield better in the 2nd half.

Wambach didn't play well - looked tired, failing to convert two golden header opportunities. If Morgan is healthy enough, I would seriously consider starting Morgan and Leroux as forwards, given their speed and skill, and have Wambach come off the bench in the 2nd half. Shortens the game for her (she is 35) and she'll be fresh when the defense is spent, especially after defending Morgan and Leroux for 60+ minutes, and she could then do a lot of damage. It would also keep her fresher for the elimination games. I doubt we'll do that, though.

Interesting to see that the USWNT's coach took my advice (lol) and brought Wambach in off the bench - they failed to start Morgan, though, but maybe she's just not ready. Unfortunately, Wambach didn't do much, but then again, the team struggled the whole match against Sweden - although a big part of that is that Sweden is very good. Carli had her worst game in awhile - gave the ball away too often at midfield, which can be deadly - luckily, none resulted in goals and to her credit, she always works hard and comes back on defense. Johnston was awesome on the back line.