This defense scares me. I wish Short made the roster. If anything happens to Dunn or O’Hara they’re screwed.

Press should be the first sub off the bench over Lloyd. She’s the fastest player on the team, has a ton of technical ability, and has widened her game beyond just scoring—she could lead this team in assists. I’d argue she should be starting over Morgan, but I like my sanity.

Their midfield wasn’t much better. I’m high on the Dutch, but my god was that a sloppy match. No urgency until the very end. Trying too hard to play through to Miedema or Martens. Runs to nowhere by van de Sanden. They need to get their shit together. Their coach just sat their with a fucking scowl while her team did…

They’re usually so solid and good. I hate them. I think they’re almost as old as the US, which is a credit to their longevity. I just hate them.

Endler is the best goalkeeper in the tournament. Chile bunkers and hopes she stands on her head.

Lad, it’s Canada.

They scored only one goal against Cameroon yesterday. At least they showed more grit than Japan.

I follow a little too closely. It’s an in-joke about how clueless she seems, even during a shellacking.

Not just against. She’s playing WITH women who weren’t even born when she started playing for Brazil. She’s amazing.

That’s completely reasonable and agreeable.

Naeher’s from Connecticut, which I probably should’ve remembered. I regret the error (I mean, not really). But she is still a Masshole by virtue of her Patriots fandom.

Woso stats are horrible everywhere. It’s like a lost commandment or something. Maybe they Brazil has been deliberately shitty just to lower expectations for them. Cristiane is their ringer. I’ll remove my tinfoil hat.

Yes, and that experience is invaluable, but so is saying you’re a World Cup winner or gold medalist (even if you rode the bench). Without the way USSF works, maybe Jamaica’s keeper is in stars and stripes, or Bardsley, or Lydia Williams, etc.

Wasn’t Christiane injured last WWC? I mean, she just came out and boomed them. It’s unfair for Brazil to still be so good with such a shitty fed and being old and stuff. Completely unfair.

“...I’ve always had a really hesitant image of Ellis as a coach.”

The only knock I have against them is that they barely qualified for the World Cup even after winning the Euros. They’re good, but they need to focus. They have probably the best front three of any team in the tournament. They’re fast. They tore Australia the fuck up 3-0 a little over a week ago and made Sam Kerr a…

The Ferns beat England 1-0 at the beginning of this month, so they can definitely get points in their group. Sermanni is a likable guy and bit of a players’ coach, but I hope he manages this team better than he did Orlando. It’s doable, but a lot of comes down to his tactics, which are bad.

They definitely underestimated Argentina. Everyone has. They could eke out a point against Scotland and maybe make it through. But I expect Scotland to attack more.

Apparently Cameroon’s playing a 5-4-1 like Argentina did against Japan. I doubt they’ll pull off a draw like Argentina, but their organization will be necessary to keep the Canadians from scoring. Unfortunately for them, Canada has no problem with finding the goal like Japan did earlier.

Enough to say that Banini is the truth. I selfishly want her back in the NWSL. If only the Spirit didn’t have her rights. All 3 yellows Japan picked up were from fouling Banini.