Well, I also disagree with you. First of all, Men’s game is a bad example because it has evolved already quite a lot and even with the Spanish approach, yeah it did evolve with. True, it required certain players to be pulled off, but other teams also started to figure out how to deal with that tactically which brings…

First of all, I wouldn’t really use the China game as an example of a true test of the US defense as China’s midfield seemed to collapse everytime someone coughed at them. I also feel you are not giving England proper credit.

I’m not forgetting that France lost to Colombia, that was kind of a meltdown and actually was a pretty good reflection on the argument that France lacks the clinical experience. However, to use that as an argument of the French team not being as good as the US is challenged the actual statistics. First, we have to…

France had just played Japan and rested many of their players and Necib was hurt. Convincing, my ass.

The US has an excellent back four, there is no denying on that, but I struggle how we can legitimately discuss how fans don’t appreciate great defense like US while completely ignoring the fact that the US do not effectively have a defensive midfield, which allows opposing teams to push so easily to the US goal and…

No they don’t, especially considering the US essentially doesn’t even have a defensive midfield player aside from a 37 year old who hasn’t effectively played this tournament. I’m not even touching the indication the US defense is better than Japan or Canada, or the fact that you are somehow managing to ignore how much…

This was the first full game of the tourney I watched and it was enough for me to want to turn it off for good. France DOMINATED that game and was a joy to watch, and lost in the worst way possible. Ugh. I get that there’s no necessarily better way to decide a game but... ugh.

France is at least a goal better than USWNT and they were better than Germany. Man, soccer is just cruel.

Not very important I know, but I think they have the best uniforms of any team so far.

Allez Les Bleues!

What annoys me a bit about women’s soccer is that they’re often poor passers, and there shouldn’t be any reason for that. It doesn’t matter to me that women are don’t jump as high or don’t strike the ball as hard, but there’s no particular reason they should be as poor passers as they are. Even the USA aren’t good…

What you’re saying, then, is that you watch the United States if you want to be patriotic. You watch the Germans if you want to see ruthless and merciless efficiency. And you watch the French if you want to see a more refined and pretty game.

This.