Actually, the low skilled offensive players made it easier for her by mostly kicking the ball straight at her. They were basically shooting the ball with their heads down every time.
There's only been three? matches under Hayes and already you can see more cohesion and the younger generation playing with pace. They are definitely heading back to winning ways. Now I have to see if our Lionesses can retain the Euro title. Spain team to beat.
Lots of replays are nice during the live broadcast when there is some dead time, but on a highlights reel we don't need 3 repeats of the same miss. CR goalie had some good reaction saves but flubbed on the basics when she had time to think. USA looks dangerous right up until someone needs to put it into the net. I think their dynamism is fooling both teams; the defense is surprised by those great passes but so are the attackers. The through pass at 3:55 was beautiful and deserved to be rewarded, but Horan put herself in the wrong spot to take advantage. That should be fixable, but they need to hurry.
Not just Bermudez, but that back line for CRC was excellent in stifling the American side. This is a huge result for them, and I tip my hat. That said, they also needed lady luck's help to turn away so many chances.
What a game by number #5 she is the star on front attacks but if I was the coach change her position to center forward because when u send this ace to the right wing has less opportunities from right and left to score but in the middle she has right and left front plus half back to help her for sending her the ball so good luck to this star #5
Rodman and Smith need to be primary starters Period. No goals scored but the opportunities they created with their speed and skill was excellent! Love those two
of course the best forward in women's soccer should be on the bench ----------- Smith is glory hog if she ever committed to team play whole hog then she could be a above an average forward !
apesar de no vídeo nenhum lance ter sido ofensivo por parte da Costa Rica sua melhor performance foi no defensivo, impressionante. Antes seria uma goleada na certa, ainda mais jogando contra as estadunidenses um time que tem a vitória sempre como garantida.
Well done to Costa Rica and their goalie but ( I might get some hate for this) but I dont think Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson are very good. Mallory used to be but every time they get the ball if they don't get 1 touch they miss. I expect it EVERY TIME
How the hell did Rodman, Horan, Smith nor Swanson end up with half a dozen goals. Felt really bad for the disallowed goal. Great game Ladies! Keep up the amazing work and please stay safe! Excelsior! Heff
USA with tremendous amount of chances to score but they screw up badly, 95 mins of storming chances. If these chances are given by Japan women soccer team, they would score too many!!!
The awful pitch condition is due to USA's rugby team playing Scotland here at Audi Field on 7/12, and DCU playing Nashville here on 7/13 before this 7/16 USWNT game. No excuse, just an explanation.
I'm hard on our ticas, it was disappointing to see yet another underwhelming performance. Yes it was against the US, but the whole time the mentality was "let's defend, grab a tie, and go home happy?" It was a friendly, get out there and stop defending, take chances, make individual plays that put you on the map, stop being so mediocre and attack! If you know you're playing the US as a friendly and you're gonna defend the whole time, then why bother playing a friendly against them? If this is the case, play a team that is around your level and stop pretending you're ready to square up to a team like the US.
Decent but nothing fell for the U.S even the offside goal was wrongly called. Yes it was offside but a foul at the top and advantage played by the ref. The advantage goes to the offside so no advantage. The correct application of the laws then is to bring it back for a penalty kick.
Piss poor finishing (again) by the US regardless of the goalkeeping. You don't see Spain squandering opportunities like that. Finish your freaking attacks (consistently) and finally ascend to the next level. Until then, limbo
This is a good picture of what the Olympics and World Cup will look like, teams stacking the defensive side to take USA to a tie in the group stage matches and hurting their chances to advance into the knockout stage. They need to find a way to breakdown a 10-11 person defense while not committing 9-10 players into the attack.
It seems to me that while other women's national teams have advanced in ability , skill and tactics, the US women have not. Disappointing play from superior athletes but maybe unqualified or insufficient coaching.
Omg USA girls want to walk in with the ball. It's called. Shoot the ball at the one touch. Specially when in the box one touch should be a shot. So many missed goals bc they wanted to control and dribble it in. Come on!
With all the money and resources the US couldn't beat Costa Rica a tiny country. Oh my.... I hope Hayes knows what she is doing. But players are also share some of the blame for this scoreless game.
What kind of *BIASED* highlight is this? They only showed the US team advancing against the other team, the guy/chick who edited this need to be fired along with those who approved this edited video! This is garbage editing.
I was watching my nephew playing summer league this past weekend. He's 12. It's wild how much more talented, competitive and dynamic they are compared to "world class" women footballers.
Americans need to changed manager, what is the point in creating 100 chances, when the players can't score one gol, that's the person in charge problem too much woke up culture has destroyed both U.S. Teams, from now on they are going to be match by inferior teams. Better practice more shooting, I found the game very repetitive and boring, horrible game from both teams.
