US Team played a good game today. Much better than the last three games. I didn’t think they will win gold and still don’t bc the other top teams are playing a better more technical game. But this is a team of world champions and champions are hard to knock out. Stupid move by the Dutch to talk trash before the game. Will be fun to see where this goes, but hopefully there is a rebuild after this tourney. And congrats to Lynn Williams today for coming up big

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Anonymous wrote:LOL.

"They're going to lose!"

"Well, okay, they won, but not a win to be poud of!"

You can't even see the trends.

Once the weakness get more and more exposed on film it is easier for teams to adapt.

I mean we beat Netherlands 2-0 in the last World Cup and today we scraped by on PK's. Who do you think got better over time?

The "only I can see and save the US Soccer industrial complex" thing is really tiresome.

Is this team better now than it was in 2019? That is all that matters.

Anonymous wrote:There are people who want USWNT to lose because Megan Rapinoe was mean to Donald Trump. Losing will be righteous punishment for them being liberal. Or something.

Not true for me. I like Rapinoe, I believe they should be paid on par with the men's team, I feel she and the rest have earned their accolades. I love that they kneel. All that said great players have to step aside at some point.

I simply feel that this team, our style and our overall development and identification process are past their prime.

We are at the end of our Empire. I just want to see a unified effort to move on to the next phase. Being a Fan boy will not keep us on top. Not being able to objectively criticize this team is also holding us back.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL.

"They're going to lose!"

"Well, okay, they won, but not a win to be poud of!"

You can't even see the trends.

Once the weakness get more and more exposed on film it is easier for teams to adapt.

I mean we beat Netherlands 2-0 in the last World Cup and today we scraped by on PK's. Who do you think got better over time?

The "only I can see and save the US Soccer industrial complex" thing is really tiresome.

There are people who want USWNT to lose because Megan Rapinoe was mean to Donald Trump. Losing will be righteous punishment for them being liberal. Or something.

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.

Anonymous wrote:LOL.

"They're going to lose!"

"Well, okay, they won, but not a win to be poud of!"

You can't even see the trends.

Once the weakness get more and more exposed on film it is easier for teams to adapt.

I mean we beat Netherlands 2-0 in the last World Cup and today we scraped by on PK's. Who do you think got better over time?

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Anonymous wrote:LOL.

"They're going to lose!"

"Well, okay, they won, but not a win to be poud of!"

How many PK saves do you reckon we have left?

As many as the keeper is able to save.

Anonymous wrote:LOL.

"They're going to lose!"

"Well, okay, they won, but not a win to be poud of!"

How many PK saves do you reckon we have left?

LOL.

"They're going to lose!"

"Well, okay, they won, but not a win to be poud of!"

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Anonymous wrote:No one cares.

Could be. Although there's a thread for each game and constant whining about the state of USWNT in other threads so some people somewhere care.

The state of USWNT is currently the US has won 1 game in regulation in the Olympics.

Don't be salty now that the US advanced and you were wrong about them losing to the Netherlands 6-0.

I never made such a prediction. But this Olympic performance is nothing to be proud of.

Sorry, but one regulation win in four games for the top ranked team in the world is abysmal.

3/4 teams in the Semi-Finals came out of Group G.

Yup, real deep tournament. Be proud of limping through it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one cares.

Could be. Although there's a thread for each game and constant whining about the state of USWNT in other threads so some people somewhere care.

The state of USWNT is currently the US has won 1 game in regulation in the Olympics.

Don't be salty now that the US advanced and you were wrong about them losing to the Netherlands 6-0.

I never made such a prediction. But this Olympic performance is nothing to be proud of.

Sorry, but one regulation win in four games for the top ranked team in the world is abysmal.

3/4 teams in the Semi-Finals came out of Group G.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one cares.

Could be. Although there's a thread for each game and constant whining about the state of USWNT in other threads so some people somewhere care.

The state of USWNT is currently the US has won 1 game in regulation in the Olympics.

Don't be salty now that the US advanced and you were wrong about them losing to the Netherlands 6-0.

I never made such a prediction. But this Olympic performance is nothing to be proud of.

Sorry, but one regulation win in four games for the top ranked team in the world is abysmal.

Oh well. Onto the medal round!

Terrific.

Backing into the medal round. We'll all be a so excited to watch them in the Bronze medal game and you can perpetuate the myth that US Soccer will stay on top.

What is frustrating is a vast majority of American Soccer fans truly enjoy this brand of soccer as it erodes in front of them.

I want better for our soccer program and you don't.

What makes you think that the US should win all the time? We have a particular style that has worked well for us for a decade. That's an anomaly. Nobody stays at the top for long.
Even with our geriatric group, todays game was still pretty damn competitive and fun to watch. Moving forward, the USWNT needs to adjust just like everyone else has adjusted to us. And they will. Be happy for the competition and that we're still in the top five. We won't always be, so be happy.

We have a lead on international soccer that we are squandering because we are either to stubborn, to scared or to ignorant to take risks necessary to move ahead.

Our domestic league is falling behind and our best players will not be able to compete in Europe without the right passport or until at least 17 years old. The best players are going to be trained through their youth in Premier League, La Liga academies etc.

Our best will play in college as essentially part-time athletes to then be drafted into NWSL. The only US players who will have an opportunity to play in Europe would be WNT players further diluting our own domestic league.

So while the best European players will be playing professionally form 17 years old on our best will be balancing advanced HS style soccer with college Calc.

Our potential best will be shut out of Europe during the most important professionally developmental years and thus falling behind.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being excited by be taken to PK's by a team who just qualified to play in their first Olympics.

European nations are coming on like a freight train and people don't want to see it.

If people like you would be willing to see our weaknesses and look for ways to improve and evolve I'm happy with a win. But if you can't it will only take a crushing loss to wake you up.

The Olympics don't mean that much to me, World Cup is far more important. This is the canary in the mineshaft and it stopped singing.

I want regulation wins not PK wins.

I want World Cup trophies and gold medals. Don't care what it looks like or how we arrive. Imagine being upset that your team advanced to the medal round in the 2nd biggest competition in the women's game. Idiots.

Imagine the Men's Olympics being bigger than Champions League.

Why would I imagine that? It's not. But in present day the women's Olympic tournament is absolutely a bigger competition than the women's Champions League.

Especially when we're talking National Teams. Women's Champions League is the most important club comp there is for women, same as men. You also realize that women send their full teams to the Olympics while men send U23 + a few overage players to their Olympic competition?

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being excited by be taken to PK's by a team who just qualified to play in their first Olympics.

European nations are coming on like a freight train and people don't want to see it.

If people like you would be willing to see our weaknesses and look for ways to improve and evolve I'm happy with a win. But if you can't it will only take a crushing loss to wake you up.

The Olympics don't mean that much to me, World Cup is far more important. This is the canary in the mineshaft and it stopped singing.

I want regulation wins not PK wins.

I want World Cup trophies and gold medals. Don't care what it looks like or how we arrive. Imagine being upset that your team advanced to the medal round in the 2nd biggest competition in the women's game. Idiots.

Imagine the Men's Olympics being bigger than Champions League.

Exactly, Olympic soccer is nice but really, who cares in relation to WC. It will be interesting to see how Vegas will handicap the next game.