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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Dutch crushed in the first half.  3 to every 1 American on the ball.  Winning 50-50. Making the us run with their dazzling possession.  Always providing 3 different options to the player with the ball.  Winning the ball back immediately after losing it (3 second rule).  It was a Cruyff teaching exhibit.

They fell apart in the 2nd half, but the promise and superior soccer in the first half by the Dutch was inspiring.[/quote]

[/b]Great observation. [b]Dissapointed again in the US effort, Horan needed to be bodied to get into the game and show her prowess. I think this WC will be a wake-up call for womens soccer in the US. But the Dutch were who we thought they were. They have a defined style of play inspired by Ajax academy and Cruyff, every team from 12 youths to senior team, men and women play the same style and you can tell certain skills are emphasized (playing with two feet, opening up with the ball every time you receive it, switching points of attack, buidling from the back with technical CB;s). It's beautiful to watch and should be a template to motivate the powers that be in US soccer to have a style of play, move on from pay to play, so that this can actually happen. The Reyna's showed who has real power in US soccer, former players and their networks. This is how you build consistency and get results now that the playing field is even. Europe has caught up, some nations in South America and Asia are not too far behind, Brazil and Japan are already there.[/quote]

Thank you:). Cruyff was king when I was growing up in the 70s/80s.  Our trainer was an Ajax U17 former academy player who was best friend's with Cruyff's brother, Henny.  Total futbol was what we were playing as 12-year old girls and I love to see it.  The Americans just don't compare it that aspect.  WE go for the long physical play every time (we- as in the US women).  The triangles and numerical superiority of the Dutch women in the first half was literally a see of orange around every single white jersey. They always had the advantage.  And, physical?  In the first half, the Dutch women were flattening the US.  They were getting the US women so frustrated.  They were very physical.

2nd half it was a different game and the Dutch team fell apart after that US goal.  They looked gassed.  BUT- as the European women academies continue to develop we will be in trouble. You can see the difference in play of these teams as they are coming up in years.  Unless we have more and more American girls heading to Europe for that style of training, our physicality isn't going to continue to rule the game. Btw, the Dutch are large people in general (large people in tiny houses :))--they will challenge us in physicality as the years move on.

I agree on the finishing.  No strong finishers on the Dutch team.[/quote]

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