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MakeAPlay
DA
Those are nice anecdotes but here are the facts:
She has played 8 years in the NWSL and Europe and scored 45 goals for a grand total of 5.6 per season.
She has been in the playoffs 3 times and scored zero goals.
Out of 106 international goals in 10 years she has scored 27 goals against Japan, France, Australia, Germany, England, Norway and North Korea (25%). She has however scored 35 goals against CONCACAAF teams and 7 against Thailand (41%).
MakeAPlay
DA
I hear she is a very nice woman and a great mother. She also is 6 foot tall with wheels, is a great back to the goal player and is great in the air. She even played at the right school (North Carolina).
Multi Sport
DA
While I would not go so far as to call her overrated your analysis of her is pretty spot on. She can do a lot for her legacy by finding the back of the net during the knockout stage.
Just A Dad
SILVER ELITE
She trains sometimes with my daughters coach in the off season. when one of my daughters teammates tore her ACL McDonald went to her house and talked to her about her injuries and how she made it back. McDonald is definitely a world class person and player
Are you really counting NWSL seasons where she appeared for 3 games (and scored 2 goals)? Or a season in Europe where she appeared in 8 games (and scored 5 goals)? That's totally misleading to take seasons where she did not really play in order to make the "grand total" goals per season look low. But regardless, when did scoring in regular season games turn into scoring when it matters? I thought that was the point of your prior post. And what's Carli Loyd's average over the same period? You don't have to do the math - it's fewer goals per season over the same period (or over their respective careers).
As for her international career, 27 goals against Japan, France, Australia, Germany, England, Norway and North Korea is a lot. How many games was that in? And how does that compare to Loyd? Don't include Loyd's 8 goals against Haiti either!
"Facts" are meaningless unless put in context.
The rule has been there for years, but now we have the technology to make an objective call. If referees start ignoring VAR on those situations because it just doesn't feel right, in an era when everybody has a TV set in their pocket, expect riots.
Multi Sport
DA
Can you imagine VAR overturning Briana Scurrys save or the "Hand of God".
That's not a rule, it's just a sportswriting convention. To call that an own goal is ridiculous.
Multi Sport
DA
If they decide to do that then they will need to go back and watch every goal scored to see if they need to reclassify them as own goals.
Sheriff Joe
DA
It would not have gone in if it didn’t hit the defender.
And?
The facility is awesome but the surrounding shots of the city and countryside is amazing. Feel like I wasted my last trip to France (Paris)
oh canada
GOLD
The debate is moot since Nike has made her the face of Women's soccer. She will play significant minutes and start every game until she no longer wants. But anytime she is yanked (like the last game), just know that the reason given will be "health or protecting from injury". Morgan is fast, and that's it. She has no dribbling skills. Her back to goal game is awful. And she does not know how to weight a pass. Sometimes she gets lucky, but so does every player. Most of her goals are "cleanup" shots after the ball is bouncing around the box. Hegerberg, Kerr, Sinclair, Miedema, Hermoso, Lloyd, McDonald are all better 9's. In men's athletics, the best players are the highest paid and have the most sponsors. Not with women. Pugh is another good example of this contradiction. I root for Dunn A LOT because she has earned her spot with a lot of hard work and looks nothing like the SUM/Nike prototype -- small, not great looking, black, hetero, etc.
I didn't realize Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger are engaged to one another. That's an interesting wrinkle re the controversy of Krieger making the team.
oh canada
GOLD
Really looking forward to the Australia v Norway game. Look for Norway to double-team Kerr. Norway midfield best in the tournament. Australia goalie has looked shaky. Australia needs to start De Vanna and she needs to be another threat beyond Kerr. Norway is the better team but something tells me Australia finds a way, against the smart money.
Agree it looks like an amazing place to stay and watch the cup.
oh canada
GOLD
Good for Norway. Play the game the right way. Fun team to watch. Probably the dumbest defender (Kennedy) foul I've seen this year--ball nowhere near the player, goalie clearly going to get it, and she doesn't just try to be physical but tugs the jersey. Deserved the red just on stupidity alone. Great game by Australia goalie.
Norway over England in the next round.
Norway over England in the next round.
Multi Sport
DA
England better not overlook their next opponent the way you did
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MakeAPlay
DA
England better not overlook their next opponent the way you did
It should be a good game but without Ada Hegerberg Norway might not have enough firepower to beat the English. UEFA is putting on a clinic at this point. It's pretty much UEFA against the US and Canada....