USWNT post-World Cup

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Babylon Bee is like The Onion, the stories are satire and not real.
 

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They look better today but having trouble finishing. 4 disallowed goals for offside, though Horan looked onside on the last one. We only got the 1 replay
 

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They're clearly dominating the run of play. NZ had one great chance towards the end, but *just* missed the far post. Otherwise, the US is in total control. This game could easily be a total blowout right now.
 

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Sam Mewis is maybe the most in form player in the world right now…and she’s coming off the bench. What a luxury.
 

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Not Dahlkemper’s finest hour.

CB is the one spot on this team that hasn’t gone from strength to strength since prime Saurebrunn & pre-midfield Ertz, which was an epic CB pairing.
 

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Sam Mewis is maybe the most in form player in the world right now…and she’s coming off the bench. What a luxury.
There was an all-world all-star offense sitting on the bench (Mewis Morgan Press Williams)
 

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Now there’s a commercial break in the 10th minute of NED-BRZ. Annoying.
 

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Whew, 1-1 after 15 minutes. Quite a match so far…interrupted with 2 commercial breaks. C’mon NBC.
 

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Forgive my USWNT ignorance, but is Mallory Pugh out of favor? Injured? She was one of the supposed up and coming players...
 

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Forgive my USWNT ignorance, but is Mallory Pugh out of favor? Injured? She was one of the supposed up and coming players...
She’s stagnated a bit in development and that’s all it takes given both the quality of the players who are not yet going anywhere and the even smaller than a World Cup roster for the Olympics.
 

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She’s stagnated a bit in development and that’s all it takes given both the quality of the players who are not yet going anywhere and the even smaller than a World Cup roster for the Olympics.
her last 2 seasons were derailed by injuries. She’s in Chicago now and some matches she’s world class, some she struggles to trouble a defense. She needs to get her fitness and confidence back up, the technique will follow. I also think that as a young player, who has been a star before graduating high school, hitting a prolonged set of challenges presents a mental hurdle that takes time to work through. She’a still only 23. The next World Cup beckons.
 

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For sure, she’s still a very good prospect. The standard for the Olympic rosters especially is so damn high though.
 

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It's worth noting that the USWNT Olympic squad only has two players under 26. It's insanely hard to break into this squad, but there are going to be retirements and/or performance declines coming because Father Time is coming for us all.
 

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That Sweden Australia game was real entertaining too, at least if you didn’t FF through it like I did.
 

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It's worth noting that the USWNT Olympic squad only has two players under 26. It's insanely hard to break into this squad, but there are going to be retirements and/or performance declines coming because Father Time is coming for us all.
This squad averages 97 caps per player!
 

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At least they didn’t concede this morning! But a concerning performance. The Matildas outplayed the US in pretty much every facet of the match. If it wasn’t for a classic Julie Ertz performance, this could have been much worse.
 

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They need to change that offsides rule/application. Really annoying and not as intended.
 

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USWNT was down to the Netherlands early but goals from Sam Mewis and Lynn Williams gave them a 2-1 lead at HT.
 

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Dunno about taking off Williams given that she’s created damn near all the danger, but can’t really make a *bad* sub off this bench.
 

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That was a long VAR check for clear offside.

I like Rapinoe as a super sub, but she’s gonna have to track back here. The defense is spotty.
 

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Abby Dahlkemper worries me.
Beerstein just got a pass in the US half of the center circle and both CBs immediately dropped 5yds off her. They are playing scared. Someone needs to pressure the ball and the other cover.