Official US Women's soccer thread: ***Update- US Legend, Tobin Heath to retire. (2 Viewers)

[General Malaise]

And a bunch of photos of her B-hole

Arby's with a real missed opportunity inking Solo.....

 

[ChiefD]

A more subdued celebration. Her Q score must have gone down with the previous incident.

 

[McBokonon]

That was a terrible mistake

 

[ChiefD]

Nice job keeper.

 

[Ned]

Crappy decision to wait to give Sauerbrunn the ball until she's covered.  WTF was she thinking?

 

[General Malaise]

Somewhere, Hope Solo is concocting 140 characters....

 

[Ned]

Lavelle, my god    

 

[Capella]

How does our keeper have no idea what to do with the ball

 

[Hoos First]

That girls eye is jacked. Not going to be able to see out of it soon.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Crappy decision to wait to give Sauerbrunn the ball until she's covered.  WTF was she thinking?

I'm probably just buying into a cliche here, but they do play with a high level of arrogance at times.

 

[ChiefD]

They are just carving Spain up right now. Just a matter of time. 

 

[Ned]

WTF Naeher

 

[otb_lifer]

They are just carving Spain up right now. Just a matter of time. 

on the road, can't access a decent feed ... good to hear 

 

[Capella]

Serious question - has this goalkeeper ever played soccer before 

 

[ChiefD]

WTF Naeher

Serious question - has this goalkeeper ever played soccer before 

No kidding. What the heck? Jeez. 

 

[Payne]

Does the goalie know she is allowed to use her hands?

 

[otb_lifer]

Serious question - has this goalkeeper ever played soccer before 

WTF Naeher

app is still showing 1-1 ... wtf did she do? 

 

[General Malaise]

Krieger for Dunn; Press for Rapinoe, imo.

 

[Ned]

Does the goalie know she is allowed to use her hands?

I didn't mind that one; she was too close to the line to risk it.

 

[General Malaise]

app is still showing 1-1 ... wtf did she do? 

She's made some very dangerous, curious and in one case a head-spinningly stupid decision. 

 

[Ned]

Press for Rapinoe, imo.

Was just about to say, Rapinoe almost looks disinterested or has heavy legs already.  

 

[ChiefD]

Alex Morgan's runs are terrible in this first half. 

 

[encaitar]

Was just about to say, Rapinoe almost looks disinterested or has heavy legs already.  

Press and Pugh have been better than her all tourney IMO.  No idea why she still rates as a starter by Ellis.

 

[General Malaise]

Was just about to say, Rapinoe almost looks disinterested or has heavy legs already.  

Exactly.  I know she scored, but she isn't doing much with her chances and she's had some great ones.  Easier said from my office chair, of course.  But I think Press would be a better option here.

 

[General Malaise]

Rapinoe with a yellow...maybe take her out for a precaution?

 

[SwampDawg]

The purple haired monster with the rake to the eye.

 

[Ned]

Mewis seems to have improved a ton recently.  She's been absolutely fantastic.

 

[El Floppo]

Crappy decision to wait to give Sauerbrunn the ball until she's covered.  WTF was she thinking?

I'm probably just buying into a cliche here, but they do play with a high level of arrogance at times.

and giving the ball at the top of the box instead of wide. bad all the way around.

and rapinoe has been bad. a black hole with the ball... and as good as lavelle has been- she looks like she's just trying to only find rapinoe which kills every attack.

and dunn... great player, but looks lost positionally as a wing back. spanish player keeps finding space all around her- and worse, behind her.

 

[ChiefD]

Gonna grab lunch at halftime and bring back to the office.

Craving a roast beef sandwich for some reason. 

 

[Moe.]

Gotta get Horan out there

 

[Capella]

app is still showing 1-1 ... wtf did she do? 

My main issue with her is that she keeps kicking the ball directly to Spain. 

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Press and Pugh have been better than her all tourney IMO.  No idea why she still rates as a starter by Ellis.

My suspicion is Ellis is giving her starts and minutes in the early games, but we'll see the A+ lineup if/when we play France next round.

 

[Ned]

Press and Pugh have been better than her all tourney IMO.  No idea why she still rates as a starter by Ellis.

My suspicion is Ellis is giving her starts and minutes in the early games, but we'll see the A+ lineup if/when we play France next round.

And bringing in the speedsters against tired legs will be a bonus.

 

[ChiefD]

Spain looking more confident out there. US is in for a dogfight I think.

 

[otb_lifer]

My main issue with her is that she keeps kicking the ball directly to Spain. 

ok, that is ungood. 

sloppy.  clean it up, lady!

 

[General Malaise]

My main issue with her is that she keeps kicking the ball directly to Spain. 

Not even really a kick....more like a soft pass.  I am flummoxed. 

 

[encaitar]

US tried to downplay the 3 day rest issue, but it's pretty apparent there are some tired legs on the US side.  No idea how FIFA can schedule a tourney that gives one team a 3 day rest and the other a week, but whatever.

 

[El Floppo]

Alex Morgan's runs are terrible in this first half. 

she has been off. bad runs, bad first touch... she's relying on her quickness just salvage anything near her, rather than to exploit the defense with the run or positive first touch. 

 

[Payne]

US tried to downplay the 3 day rest issue, but it's pretty apparent there are some tired legs on the US side.  No idea how FIFA can schedule a tourney that gives one team a 3 day rest and the other a week, but whatever.

And they will have one less day of rest against France SHOULD they advance. 

 

[El Floppo]

we're already using rest days as an excuse? 

the US are clearly the better team top to bottom here... they just need to use the team, play quicker, find their touch, not pass the ball to the spanish, and put rapinoe on a short sub-leash for the 2nd half- too many poor choices by her, killing good US attacks. 

they got this.

 

[Payne]

we're already using rest days as an excuse? 

the US are clearly the better team top to bottom here... they just need to use the team, play quicker, find their touch, not pass the ball to the spanish, and put rapinoe on a short sub-leash for the 2nd half- too many poor choices by her, killing good US attacks. 

they got this.

I am more concerned about Friday. One less day of rest against the home team in Paris. Yikes.

 

[encaitar]

I am more concerned about Friday. One less day of rest against the home team in Paris. Yikes.

Lets' take care of the next 45 minutes and then worry about Friday.  

 

[Capella]

Every pass just seems like it’s a touch off-target 

 

[TripleThreat]

Every pass just seems like it’s a touch off-target 

every touch a shade heavy

 

[TripleThreat]

Morgan is getting beat the eff up

 

[Ned]

When's this ref gonna go in her pocket?  Spain is hacking the hell out of Morgan.

 

[El Floppo]

Every pass just seems like it’s a touch off-target 

every touch a shade heavy

Spain's skill players have been better than the US's... better exploiting their defenders than morgan (getting kicked), rapinoe (dribbling repeatedly into traffic), heath (

that would be a yellow for the men. (good tackle in the old days- but studs up)

 

[Ned]

Who's the USWNT version of Germany Jones?  They need her/him right about now.

 

[Christo]

Okay, I'm looking for a few studs up tackles from the US in the next 5-10 minutes.

 

[Moe.]

She'll probably do something dumb like take Lavelle off but Horan has to go in soon.