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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Game winner from Trinity!![/quote]

So in the end it’s just a kickball goal. The finish was great though (the defending was poor). [/quote]

Beautiful ball from Dunn, exquisite touch from Trinity to bring it down before turning the defender inside out with sublime skill, and then a wonderful left-footed strike into the far top corner. Hell of a sequence and great finish!
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Yeah don’t know about that. That is not a high probability shot and it is certainly not the shot you want her to taking all the time. A great skill and exquisite touch is not her game. It is more like an exhausted player get lucky against other tired players. The US physically beat up the smaller Japanese all day. The longer the game goes the more this impacts the smaller players.

The take away is the US is not a technical skilled team, has weaknesses in midfield and defense but plays a strong, athletic and physical game. They will beat 90% of the team with that. The one person who does not fit in is Rose Lavelle. She just does not fit this team. It would be interesting to see another player that is a better style of play fitin her place.

Credit for the win goes to Hayes putting the players in the right places, play your style and grind it out. Though I think the US would have won in a shootout. [/quote]

I’m the pp, agree with this. We are good athletes, big and fast.  As the game wore on we had the advantage. Japanese defender was definitely tired. But thats what won the game not technical skill.

So kickball does work![/quote]

It’s hard to make a stupider statement than this. They won the game on an inch perfect pass that Rodman took down well, cut back inside, and hit a brilliant shot to win it. 
Highly technical all around. [/quote]

Wow you do not understand the game at all. Calling that highly technical is criminal. There is not another player with in 10 yards of her and she still messed up the first touch and had to stop to collect the ball! Go watch the Spanish forwards if you want to see highly technical play. Rodman would not have made that play in the first 90’.

The only reason she could make the play was because the Japanese players were exhausted. Watch the play in the first 1/2 the Japanese defenders would have put her offsides but they were exhausted and beat up by this point in the game. The pass is nothing special. Service to a wide open wing position. Rodman’s first touch was bad. The ball jumps up off her foot and almost hits her arm. She has to stop AND LOOK DOWN TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE BALL(that is not technically skilled). She gets lucky with the bounce and it lands after hitting her side. The defender is so tired she falls down leave her wide open to shoot. The defender’s legs were shot. Substitution and overtime is very important. Hayes did it masterfully.

Rodman first shot was in the 90’ minute. She had an impact after wearing down the Japanese. All the US forward are comfortable running at goal. If they are stopped from running to goal they become very uncomfortable. Hayes has them playing to their strengths but there are still major weakness. Rodman is not a technical player. She is speed, very high motor, strength and very good when running at goal. Her technical skill are lacking when viewed against her peers. [/quote]

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