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

While I did not see the Canada game, I attended the Ireland game and 
like what I saw.

The team is organized around getting the ball to Abby Wambach and why 
not since she has demonstrated a pronounced ability to score. And she 
did score against the Irish. However, she played defense too and 
involved the other players in the game.

I did not recognize some of the players as they are new but I thought 
they looked good. One player who came on in the second half as a right 
side attacker Natalie or Natasha Kai showed a lot of talent - fast and 
attacks with ferocity and a great shot and is always intent on scoring. 
The left back Chalupny (my spelling is probably off) also played very 
well even though the Irish we very passive and not running into space 
and spreading the American defense. Plus their forwards looked to be 
short and were playing against US players six inches taller. The 5-0 
score was fair.

To me they did not look as good was the team of five years ago but I 
think they have the potential to build a team that will be very good 
after they get a few more games together.


Paul Navarre wrote:

> ***
> 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).
> ***
>
> 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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