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Except that on the woman's side, the world is catching up to us and may surpass us soon in soccer.

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I don't understand this "catching up" narrative. The US hasn't always had the best women's team. There was a long stretch where Germany was the best team. The US got killed by Brazil in 2007 and was lucky to beat them in 2011. We did not go into 2015 as the favorite. Even in 1999 China was even with us. But in 2019 the US was the favorite from start to finish and won every game for the first time. The competition is definitely getting [i]deeper[/i], but the US was more clearly the best team at the last World Cup than at any WC in the past.[/quote]

The US women have dominated for a long stretch. However, it will be interesting to see what happens over the next few years with younger female players in the US and internationally. As an example, in the 2018 U-20 Women's World Cup, the US women did not advance out of the group stages (although  to be fair, they were placed in the Group of Death). In the U-20 age group, the US women last won a World Cup in 2012, with current mainstays like Erz and Dunn, plus Morgan Brian. I watched that 2018 World Cup, and the Spanish team that won exhibited technical ability, creativity, and soccer IQ on and off the ball that is missing from the current crop of young American players, both male and female.[/quote]

If you watched the Super League or women’s Champions League, its clear the center of women’s soccer has shifted. There are 4-6 women’s club teams that would beat the USWNT pretty easily and these are the club teams without American players. The game is much more sophisticated and the speed of play is a big step up. We just do not train for speed of play like they are doing.

Watching the USWNT’s game last night, it was the players who played in the Super League who combined to score the goal. As a side note it is time to move on from the old players and let the next generation shine. That was a very bad showing against the 29 team in the rankings. The age is showing.  [/quote]

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