RE: [nas] us women's national team [R]

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anyway, Greg Ryan has been at it for a while with the us women's national
team. what do you think about how they are playing? their selections? will
we ever get the magic back? i am curious about what others see (assuming
some of you care).
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I didn't see the Canada match, but in general I would say he has been doing
just fine.

I thought April was an utter disaster. She did little to develop new players
and lacked imagination when it came to tactics. Watching Germany approach
the game like men helped her get a clue, and towards the end she started
developing a few new players, but it should have been her that brought the
women's game to a new level. Instead we had to play catch up.

Greg has been pretty good about increasing the size of the pool, and his
teams have looked pretty organized and tactically aware.

I think the days of us destroying teams on a regular basis are over. The
rest of the world is starting to take women's soccer seriously, and the
talent level is increasing everywhere. However, right now I feel we are the
best team in the world.

Paul Navarre

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