Right! Like, it’s still a kind of niche sport. I understand that a lot of reporters (especially for SB Nation) were fans first, but there’s still a line you can’t cross when the circle is so small. And apparently Pinoe follows her now? Yikes.

We’re having a great year. I can’t wait for the royal wedding. You know that shit will be gold.

My main account got banned because I criticized Deadspin a little too hard for their liking I guess. But I love women’s soccer so I’m still here.

Before the tournament, Mewis was a sub! Horan picked up that yellow and that shifted the midfield’s lineup. Hard to argue with the change.

I posted on damn near every DS post about the World Cup and nothing.

I’m not gonna disagree there lol. Ertz just wrecks shit. I get why she’s there, especially when they’d drop to a 5 back or whenever a defender needed medical attention. No one else could do that in a pinch, but she’s a turnover machine. You don’t keep possession through JJ—you take it back.

Your immediate thought was correct! I mean, about Fox News losing their shit. Idk if that show covered it but there’s an article.

Speaking of the KO pic, I think it’s funny that the writer who gave us this (and thank you, Diana):

That would be Kelley O’Hara kissing her girlfriend. The RWNJ contingent on twitter is already declaring KO an American Hero because she picked up the flag a split second after Allie Long dropped it. It’s wild.

I’m sorry, but Horan is the definition of a bulldozer. Lavelle, Heath, Press, and Pinoe are by far the most technical on the ball. Horan does have good passing vision, but she’s all physicality (compared to Ertz, who’s just physicality, and Mewis who is the most complete midfielder). She’s a yellow card magnet and a…

Yeah we need a different team in the Mid-Atlantic. It’s...it’s rough.

She was so disappointing. I desperately wanted her to have a moment. Any moment.

Martens has been dealing with a foot injury so I guess that stifled her a bit.

There’s still friendlies, all of them play in the NWSL, and next year is the olympics.

And that’s the tea.

He’s such a fucking prick. He’s been the biggest whiner in France for the last 5 weeks.

That’s a fair take, too. She hasn’t looked completely impressive but she’s scored like 3 goals so far? I’ve definitely underrated her a bit (although I do think highly of her).

I really expected more from their front 3. I’d like to think the US can and will contain them, but what if *now*, in the final, is when Miedema decides she’s going to be the breakout star that everyone expected? And Martens proves she’s one of the world’s best? And Van De Sanden stops running with whatever weight has…

Fischer does it for me tbh. She can get it.