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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In general in soccer.

Young 22 and under
Macário 21
Davidson 22

Prime years 23-26
Campbell 26
Lavelle 26*

Older player 27-29
Horan 27
Sonnett 27
Dahlkemper 28
Williams 28
Ertz 29*
Dunn 29
S Mewis 29*

Old 30 plus
Krueger 30
Franch 30
K Mewis 30
Press 32
Naeher 32
Heath 33*
O'Hara 32
Morgan 32*
Sauerbrunn 36
Rapinoe 36
Lloyd 39*

* injured/recovering

This is the problem[/quote].

I could quibble with some of your classifications - for example, a 23 year old is viewed by many as a player still developing, and a 27 year old is viewed by many as being in his or her prime - but I understand the broader point about the team being old as a whole, and whether certain older players should have been dropped from the Olympic team in favor of younger players.

I think most people would agree the team should have gone with younger players if it did not win the last WC or if the team’s performance had dropped in the run up to the Olympics. However, that was not the case. This team not only won the WC, but also continued its unbeaten streak through the first game in the Olympics against Sweden. This was the second longest unbeaten streak in WNT history, and it included games against many top 10 teams between the WC and the Olympics. When a team is on that kind of streak, it is tough to break it up, and one could argue the players have the right to “run it back” until they are knocked off.

Anyway, with respect to the team selection, what’s done is done. I will be rooting for them to win another gold and become the first defending WC champion to win gold. Win or lose, this team will be broken up, with a major re-fresh of the roster as the WNT heads into the next WC cycle. [/quote]

It would make sense to rebuild during the Olympics and not before WC.

While the Olympics are nice to win the real prize is WC. The last WC should have been the swan song for this roster not the Olympics. [/quote]

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