The Greatest Team?
Well, that's the problem with choosing a marketing campaign before the tournament begins - the team has to live up to the campaign.
In the world of women's soccer, gaps can be closed in four years time. Teams that were once three pointers can be competitive the next time around ... well, maybe not Argentina.
Here's the US Soccer account of the match vs. North Korea:
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_2326533.html
and their after match quotes:
http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_2326534.html
Quick, get Jim Mike back to the drawing board.
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After watching the first 2 matches, it doesn't appear "The Greatest Team" deserves it's moniker. Thankfully, they are not playing in those "gold" shirts. We don't need to give the rest of the world another reason to argue that the words "American" and "Arrogance" are synonymous.
The US WNT was very fortunate to earn a point against N.Korea, and after giving away 4 corners in the first 4 minutes of play agaist Sweden, they looked far from great.
The glaring weakness? The midfield. Lopez looked like a fish out of water against N.Korea. Putting her on the back line against Sweden helped, but it was clear why Sweden attacked from the right for most of the game. It was easy to turn the corner on Lopez.
Lloyd was hard to find on the pitch against N. Korea, but she found her legs in the 2nd half agaisnt Sweden. Still the midfield as a whole needs to do a much better job of maintaining possession if the US WNT expect to advance in the next stages.
Playing the long ball may work against most of the rank and file, but it won't get by the likes of England or Germany.
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