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[quote=Anonymous][quote] They were as evident as ever Monday, in a group stage finale at the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup. Mexico went at the USWNT, and [b]U.S. players all across the field repeatedly failed to solve pressure. Their problems were technical and tactical. Their sloppiness ceded control of the game.[/b]

[b]In possession, they had simple structural foundations, and a defined shape, with a fullback inverting. But they had no nuanced ideas or, it appeared, depth of thought. They lacked creativity and coordination. [/b]“We found some pockets here and there,” forward Alex Morgan said, “but not nearly enough.” There were no synchronized movements, no manipulation of angles, no reading of cues.

[b]There was, instead, the same staleness and on-ball panic that defined their short stay in New Zealand last summer.[/b]

Mexico, on the other hand, was calculated — and in many ways, it out-USWNTed the USWNT. Its defenders would draw in U.S. forwards, then play long; its midfielders and forwards won the day by winning second balls and duels they didn’t used to win. Jacquie Ovalle forced Becky Sauerbrunn into a 37th-minute mistake, and put Mexico ahead. [/quote]

https://sports.yahoo.com/uswnts-loss-mexico-program-in-decline-164149335.html

Ouch! The US played like the system that created them. [/quote]

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