Christen Press
Posted on 02/13/2015 2:34:12 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
Any lingering notions of a smooth ride to Vancouver faded away with each French pass in Lorient on Sunday. France delivered the United States women's national team an inescapable dose of reality to accompany the rhythmic dissection. The gulf between the two sides on the day gave the French a deserved 2-0 victory and left the Americans with plenty to ponder ahead of their trip across the English Channel.
"It's a big wake-up call for us," USA forward Christen Press told reporters after the game. "We like to win, we don't like to have these kinds of performances, but we know how much work we have to put in. The drive and the motivation is there, it's always there, but now we have even more reason to come back and get these guys again when it counts."
In the long game of preparing for the FIFA Women's World Cup, the defeat served its purpose. There is no masking of flaws, no obscuring of the issues, no placing the blame at the feet of a few injured players or a suspended goalkeeper now. There is work to do over the next few months. And the setback placed the need for improvement in stark relief.
The path toward addressing those concerns and prodding this group toward top gear starts in Milton Keynes against England (live, Friday, 2:30p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Go). It is another arduous, high-profile test for a team in need of stern challenges before confronting Australia, Nigeria and Sweden in June.
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The Chelsea midfielder's exile came after a dispute with former boss Hope Powell over childcare issues.
Head coach Mark Sampson said: "We've got a difficult game against the USA, but we've not brought Katie back just for one match.
"The idea was to bring her back as she might have a World Cup part to play."
The United States has just one victory in its last five matches. That’s a concern for fans used to seeing the team romp on the world stage.
With a 0–0 draw against Brazil in late December, the second-ranked Americans have been shut out in consecutive games for the first time in 13 years.
There’s a reason that there is no mention of the word
“football” or “soccer” in the beginning of the article.
They are the two words that would make this article
irrelevant to most people in a modern society because it’s
a primitive game played by primitive cultures.
But then it was pointed out to you that the article is published under “FOX Soccer” and that made you look and feel like a primitive.
“feel like a primitive.”
No but it sure put your panties in a twist didn’t it.
HaHa. Soccertard./s
not really, primitive.
Look here we’ve already made the reply’s more interesting than
the article itself. Give yourself a pat on the back.
Way to go.
USA 1 England 0 :)
but you already knew that LoL!
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