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Hey Everyone, Long time no post :). Hope this finds you well. After watching the USA vs Portugal games I game up with the following, some of which I have mentioned before: Firstly, the players need better fitting clothing. It must be extremely uncomfortable to run around with wedgies. Each player should have uniforms tailored
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I just wanted to say that there was one moment in the match where Emily Dickens, the U.S. goalkeeper, was being threatened by a Canadian attack, and the U.S. defensive unit seemed well organized. Emily Sonnett didn’t run into Dickens and Dickens’ management of the situation, e.g., isolating and staying on top of the Canadian
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So. I would like to see better use of ‘ticky tacky.’ For example, what Lindsey Heaps is really good at, or even what Sentnor, Coffey and Patterson are good at. A lot of teams press nowadays and being able to use ticky tacky is important to maintaining ball control and for moving the ball forward.
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I think it might be a worthwhile idea to remove American Soccer Leagues’ reliance on FIFA refereeing. This might allow American leagues greater control of referee behavior, e.g., what is and is not a penalty, and allow the American leagues to implement rule changes to the game that they think are appropriate, without having to
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Heyo, a couple of points from this match and actions for the future. First of all, the refereeing was terrible, once again. I’m starting to think that we need to create or invent a new soccer association or organization whose goal is quality refereeing, no corruption, and effective group governance of multiple nations, e.g., the
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Hello!!!! Here are my notes on the match. There are a couple things I will talk about, but will primarily harp on one thing. Overall, I think the match went well. We saw some new faces, which I love, by the way. Spread the love! and we saw new improved tactics by the U.S.. The
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I’m backkkkk!!!!! After watching the SheBelievesCup I wanted to express my thoughts, so here I am! Firstly, I’m disappointed with the game against Japan. I feel we definitely could have kept a clean sheet, while winning the game, if not for poor defense. Sonnett lost track of a mark, panicked, and bowled over Campbell. If
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Defensive Analysis, Recommended Improvements, and Correlations to the USA vs Japan 2025 SheBelieves Cup Match Defeat. (Much of the following is taken from the “USA vs Germany – 11/13/2022” blog post. It has been shortened and revised, appropriately) Similarities to the defensive mistakes leading to Japan’s defeat of the U.S. in the 2025 SheBelieves Cup
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This post references the two international friendlies the U.S. had in England and the Netherlands, respectively, during the end of last year (2024). I think the ideas here are worth bringing forward, so I’m posting this to the blog. Thanks for reading! After watching these two games, I came up with a recommendation for the
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Initial Publication Date: February 18, 2024. Updated Publication Date: December 4th, 2024. This recommendation comes after watching the USWNT take on China, December 5th, 2023. It was really frustrating to see the U.S. team struggle to break through the Chinese defensive formation, but it was even more frustrating to watch the U.S. fail to adapt
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