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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Heartbreaking way to go out but have loved seeing all of the various other teams develop. I will miss Megan Rapinoe, Julie Ertz, Kelly O’Hara, Alyssa Naeher and others who likely won’t see another Cup. Cheering for Australia and Nigeria to make a run. [/quote]

I do not care about Rapinoe’s off field stuff but she was over the hill in 2019. She was/is a turn over machine, slow, out of position and would not play defense. She is worst now. This is why Dunn had to play in the back in 2019. Dunn sacrificed her game(recognition/money) for Rapinoe. Watch Dunn’s club play. She would have been better on offense in 2019 and now. Would have love to see Ashley Hatch on this team vs Rapinoe.

This team should have been blown up after the Olympics. There always seemed to be tension/problems between the older and younger players in terms of style of play. [/quote]

This is the thing. Everyone makes it about her politics. I can’t stand her antics, and just based on those she shouldn’t be representing our country.

But even if you put that aside, you’re exactly right. Her on-field play was horrible 4 years ago, and is worse now. Literally, anyone who knows anything about soccer sees it and openly acknowledges it. Announcers, analysts, fans, etc.

But US soccer, and Andonovski, somehow put the off-the-field stuff and bizarre cult-of-personality above her on-field limitations. Great that he’ll be fired for it, but that is so unfair to the rest of the team. [/quote]

Yeah, in his defense its admittedly a hard problem to cut aging stars loose, especially when you think (incorrectly as it turns out now) the team is good enough to win with them because you are so much better than anyone else.  Long-term its a good thing for the USWNT, blow it up, restock with a bunch of 23 year olds who are more focused on winning soccer games than politics and reading their press clippings, and look out in 2028.[/quote]

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