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MVP's to me, Dunn, Ertz and to my surprise, Rapinoe. Well done ladies.

How much more enjoyable was the game without VAR interruptions (except for one quick review)?. Excellent reffing job.
 
oh canada said:
If France loses Friday they are out of WC and the Olympics next year! Ooof. Talk about high stakes. As many have said, I think the homefield advantage may actually work against them. USA 2-1. 3-1 if Lloyd starts over Morgan :)
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love it when i'm right :)

congrats to Dunn and the USWNT. she's the player of the game in my book. glad that handball on O'Hara wasn't called...whew. Should be smooth sailing from here. Ladies will play with a lot of confidence.

Netherlands v Italy should be a great back/forth contest to watch.
 
Soccer43 said:
You betcha - many keep supporting DA as the only and the best way when it is not. I have always said there are many pathways and anyone of them can be effective and useful - so when I see something in a real life example that contradicts the propaganda I am curious and point it out. I have also said if DA works for your DD and you are all happy I have no problem with that but when those on the DA side have to continue to criticize and demean other options as inadequate I am motivated to speak up.
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If you are so motivated to speak up, you could at least be accurate. DA does not preclude kids from playing other sports, your club did. Criticize DA for things it actually does wrong, not for things your club does wrong.

At any rate, for the reasons offered by timmyh, it's a bad example. If you have no idea whether McDonald would have been better or worse if she focused more on soccer (which you don't), it's irrelevant.
 
oh canada said:
love it when i'm right :)

congrats to Dunn and the USWNT. she's the player of the game in my book. glad that handball on O'Hara wasn't called...whew. Should be smooth sailing from here. Ladies will play with a lot of confidence.

Netherlands v Italy should be a great back/forth contest to watch.
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Umm it doesn't get easier. England is no joke. I must say that I am happy though,.
 
MarkM said:
If you are so motivated to speak up, you could at least be accurate. DA does not preclude kids from playing other sports, your club did. Criticize DA for things it actually does wrong, not for things your club does wrong.

At any rate, for the reasons offered by timmyh, it's a bad example. If you have no idea whether McDonald would have been better or worse if she focused more on soccer (which you don't), it's irrelevant.
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I think it is pretty self explanatory that the things that McDonald picked up during basketball that made her a better soccer player (which I believe to be true) aren't nearly as impactful as the things she would have learned to be a better soccer player if she had instead spent that time actually playing soccer.

That said, my hunch is she wouldn't trade that multisport experience for being a slightly better soccer player. To each their own and fortunately there are pathways for everyone, depending on their goals for whatever maximizes their quality of life.
 
Morgan solid game - drew foul leading to 1st goal, put on Heath for 2nd and put on Dunn for 3rd (that was not off side).

Love Lavelle but she looked shaky all game, lots of giveaways.

Naeher getting more confident.

Dunn solid scrambling defense with a handful in Diani.

Great team defense.
 
End of the Line said:
The WNT lost its first game in almost two years, which is unacceptable. The WNT hasn't gotten smoked by France in a friendly leading up to the WWC since, well, the last WWC, and we all know how horribly that went.

In response to this affront, we should change all of the NCAA rules that currently stunt the professional soccer growth of student athletes by instead stunting their academic growth. In fact, we should encourage more players to skip college completely and go straight pro because the vast sums of money available for women's players. Living in the basement of a creepy Sky Blue fan rent free and making $15,000 a year is certainly a better idea than getting a college degree for most college women. Or just go to Europe right out of HS. It worked for one person, so it must be a good career choice for most.

We must also restructure our entire youth system. 10 years of top down control of the boys' side has worked wonders for them, so we should do more of that for the girls. In fact, USSF should pour tons of time and money into making every child in America play soccer exactly how a handful of people in Chicago believe it should be played, especially when they hire the "right people" to ensure that every coach in America is coaching the one "right way".

We should also fire Ellis immediately. Winning the last WWC in a blow out and going 18-0-2 in 2018 is not good enough. She must beat every team, every time, even with C team players. In contrast, Pia Sundage surely would have still beaten Japan in the 2011 WWC finals even if she hadn't played four of her best players and even if she gave a collegiate midfielder her first cap against a top 20 team playing out of position at outside back. Sundage must be rehired so she can resurrect her strategy of trying to win games solely by bouncing long balls off Wambach's head.

I have an idea. Relax. If the WNT doesn't win the WC, it will be the same result as most of the WCs they've played in. The WNT has been the most consistently good over time and that is going to continue indefinitely, but you're delusional if you think they're worse relative to the rest of the world than they've ever been. The world isn't passing the WNT by. There have always been countries able to challenge and beat the WNT and, go figure, there still are. Right now it is France.
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This person makes a lot of sense. Losing a friendly should definitely result in immediate termination.
 
timmyh said:
I think it is pretty self explanatory that the things that McDonald picked up during basketball that made her a better soccer player (which I believe to be true) aren't nearly as impactful as the things she would have learned to be a better soccer player if she had instead spent that time actually playing soccer.

That said, my hunch is she wouldn't trade that multisport experience for being a slightly better soccer player. To each their own and fortunately there are pathways for everyone, depending on their goals for whatever maximizes their quality of life.
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You think she would trade being a starter in the WC (assuming a slightly better soccer player) for her JC basketball experience? Maybe. But I think that is a big maybe.
 
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