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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The US never trailed in the last World Cup and just four short games into the Olympics they have lost and trailed today. And in fact in their last 17 WC games they are unbeaten.

This is a worse team now than it was in 2019.[/quote]

Define “worse.”  England went to WC semifinals, was able to add a couple better players from Scotland and Wales to their Olympic roster, yet lost in the quarterfinals of the Olympics.  Netherlands made it to WC final, yet lost in the quarterfinals of the Olympics.  Between those 2021 Olympic teams and the 2019 WC teams, which team will be viewed as “worse?”

Unfortunately, national teams are judged on their results. Playing an attractive style is always nice, but it ultimately doesn’t matter if a team fails to get results. I agree with people that this current UNWNT is old and will need to rebuild around the next generation before the 2023 WC, and it will be interesting to see how they fare in the coming years. However, they have lost 1 game in their past 48, which includes the last WC and this Olympics so far. That has been an amazing, dominant run, and it is not realistic to think it will continue. No team is able to sustain such a run. There is a reason that no defending WC winner has won the gold medal in the following Olympics, even though those dominant US, Germany, Norway and Japan teams had much less competition than currently exists in today’s women’s game. Good luck to the WNT, and I hope they become the first team to accomplish that feat.  [/quote]

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