Yeah, that about captures it. The concept of assigning ratings to each player requires each player get a score, but as a team, their combined score should be 11. 1 point each for fitting into their kits and making the field on time.
Sweden ran circles around them. Every passer had 3 players on them denying lanes; every receiver two more. Sweden appeared to be playing with 15 players; the US, 9. And the players couldn't figure out what to do about it.
All the cliche's apply: "They were fitter." "They wanted it more." The US "couldn't get their rhythm."
I have no idea how a coach manages such a senior group, but he needs to figure it out.
They swarmed the Americans. At one point I tried to see if they had extra players out there, like in hockey's 'too many men' situation. It may have been accomplished during substitutions. :-)
By the way, the trolliest trolls in all of Sports-dom are the haters of the USWNT. The troll-y comments are among the most vitriolic to exist outside of Reddit and 4chan.
To be fair, should we expect Sauerbrunn to have an answer for the Swedish press? As far as I know she only speaks English.
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Yeah, that about captures it. The concept of assigning ratings to each player requires each player get a score, but as a team, their combined score should be 11. 1 point each for fitting into their kits and making the field on time.
Sweden ran circles around them. Every passer had 3 players on them denying lanes; every receiver two more. Sweden appeared to be playing with 15 players; the US, 9. And the players couldn't figure out what to do about it.
All the cliche's apply: "They were fitter." "They wanted it more." The US "couldn't get their rhythm."
I have no idea how a coach manages such a senior group, but he needs to figure it out.
They swarmed the Americans. At one point I tried to see if they had extra players out there, like in hockey's 'too many men' situation. It may have been accomplished during substitutions. :-)
By the way, the trolliest trolls in all of Sports-dom are the haters of the USWNT. The troll-y comments are among the most vitriolic to exist outside of Reddit and 4chan.
Great -- I'm sure I'll hear from them. I think I already heard from some of them when I made a Trump joke in an earlier match diary.