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You don’t need a lot of offense if your defense can keep the ball out of the net. The USWNT has been an impressive powerhouse so far in the tournament. It will be interesting to see if Ellis changes any of that to try and get more scoring.

The primary criticism of her predecessor was the lack of quality defense and poor defensive play has cost the team in earlier cups.

If any changes are in store - I doubt they will be made for the China game.

On a different topic for Berlin_Freeper - does a player qualify for a cap by simply playing in a world cup game, or do they have to be a starter?

Love the World Cup!