PING!
Go USA!
GO SWEDEN! BEAT THE KNEELERS!!!
Hahahaha, looks like the kneelers are about to get upset. It’s 2-0 Sweden in the 60th minute.
Now 3-0 Sweden 82nd minute. The kneelers got their asses kicked. I only wish Team USA had a women’s soccer team playing in this Olympics. LOL
Sweden 3-0 USA
Congratulations to Sweden!
USA is still in it for Olympic Gold but need to focus. FOCUS!
Go Sweden beat the anti Americans! Sick and tired of phony Americans who take pleasure at bashing their country and the taxpayers that pay their way.
2020 Tokyo Olympics: USA vs. New Zealand - Starting XI, Lineup Notes, TV Channels & Start Time
Starting very soon - Go USA!
Who f-—king cares about any of this horsesh!t.
First 15 of extra time gone. Still 2-2. But it’s been obvious all second half that age has caught up with this U.S. team. The Netherlands is winning all the 50-50 balls. The U.S. sends an attacking ball into space and no one makes the run. U.S. players are giving up and not running down balls that the same player would have caught a few years ago. There’s a shot or a cross and no one is filling the lanes and crashing the far post. Broken plays with balls ricocheting around midfield, and U.S. players peel back and concede the ball to the Netherlands, who pursue relentlessly. It’s a hot day and the 24 year olds are pressuring the 34 year olds, who are just hanging on and hoping to make a play or two down the stretch. The U.S. can win this, but as I’ve said before, the U.S. sat on a pat hand too long, and this team has aged together. Against a younger peer group opponent, it shows.
Well.
Best player on the field: Vivianne Miedema. She’s only 25. If I were running U.S. Soccer, I’d put a secret Mission Impossible team on her to find a way to get her to change citizenship and play for the U.S. Boyfriend/girlfriend of her choice; a bazillion dollars in endorsements; a cushy retirement for her parents; a starring role in the next big Hollywood film of her choice, a tricked out bass boat ... I don’t care what it takes. Just find a way to do it. Whatever rings her chimes.
Second best player on the field: that could be any of several Netherlands players, but Lineth Beerensteyn stood out. Partly because she is black and therefore stands out visually on a rather melanin deprived Dutch squad, but mainly because she was all over the field making problems for the U.S. For someone who doesn’t know the Dutch team well, that made her easy to pick out in the crowd: “there’s that black Netherlands player again.” But she was giving us fits.
Best player for the U.S., and the player of the match: Alyssa Naeher. Three saves on penalty kicks, one in regulation and two in the shootout. Add that to her save against England in the World Cup, and she’s finally come out of the shadow of Hope Solo.
Three U.S. goals called back for offsides. Plus one Netherlands goal. All correct calls, but all were pretty close.
Alex Morgan finally made a penalty kick in an important tournament!!!! Maybe her jinx has lifted.
Alex also got caught from behind on a breakaway. Let me rephrase that: ALEX MORGAN GOT CAUGHT FROM BEHIND ON A BREAKAWAY!!!!!! Five years ago, one baby and a couple of injuries ago, that doesn’t happen. Ten years ago, she would have been past everybody like Roadrunner running by Wile E. Coyote, and they’d have to go to slow motion on the instant replay to identify her. She’s still fast, but she’s ordinary mortal fast, not Roadrunner fast. Did someone mention that age creeps up on everyone?
Vlatko has one important coaching change to make, and he needs to make it quickly. He needs to wave his magic wand and make all of his players ten years younger. Or at least five. This has been a golden generation of players, but they’ve all aged together and now they are getting exposed by younger teams.
The U.S. women's national team will face Canada in the Tokyo Olympic semifinals on Monday at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium in Japan. The two teams are each other's most frequent foe in competition, and the postponed 2020 Summer Games semifinal will be their 62nd meeting all-time. USA leads the the series with a 51-7-3 record, and are undefeated against Canada in 36 consecutive matches with 30 wins 6 draws.
Elsewhere,
0-0 in extra-time,
Brazil men beat Mexico in the penalty shootout.
I would have bet on the Mexican GK Ochoa who was fabulous in World Cup matches. But Brazil did great keeping their shots just out of his reach while Mexico failed on their first two shots.
Starting soon Japan v Spain Semifinal.
Would like to see Japan in The Final.
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Go USA!