USWNT: The Pool

Discussion in 'USA Women: News and Analysis' started by kernel_thai, Nov 10, 2013.

  1. skybolt

    skybolt Member

    Dec 16, 2011
    Club:
    Barcelona Guayaquil
    Thank you, that makes sense. Since the match was on a Thursday, I was wondering if the team won't leave for Canada until Monday May 5th.
     
  2. EbaJones

    EbaJones Member

    Sep 23, 2009
    Club:
    FFC Frankfurt
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As of now the 2nd.
     
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  3. BrooklynSoccer

    BrooklynSoccer Member+

    Jan 22, 2008
  4. WPS_Movement

    WPS_Movement Member+

    Apr 9, 2008
    So if Tony Gustavsson becomes the head coach, how does that impact Sydney Leroux?
    Gustavsson will clearly choose Press over Leroux, plus there will be the Abby situation. Not to mention ....
    If Alex Morgan ever gets over her injury, then Leroux may be back to her old "3 minutes of Fame".

     
  5. sisterluke

    sisterluke Member

    Sep 27, 2008
    Los Angeles,CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Sol
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How about we choose a coach that isn't going to be doing favorites and get this team to the final?
     
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  6. Calci0

    Calci0 Member

    Jun 22, 2013
    NC
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Spot on!!! Play whomever they feel best puts the team in position to win....
     
  7. luvdagame

    luvdagame Member+

    Jul 6, 2000
    that's what coaches always do.

    I don't know a single coach that does differently. their jobs so easily hang in the balance that they can't afford to do anything else.
     
  8. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    ...and of course, it is a sort of favoritism.

    I mean, the nerve of that Bill Belichick, only playing Tom Brady all these years when so many other guys were waiting for a chance.
     
  9. WPS_Movement

    WPS_Movement Member+

    Apr 9, 2008
    We got to the Final last time.
    How about winning it this time? :D
     
  10. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    o_O If you want a guarantee, get a toaster...
     
  11. BlueCrimson

    BlueCrimson Member+

    North Carolina Courage
    United States
    Nov 21, 2012
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There's no guarantee with a toaster, either.
     
  12. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Mine came with a six -week guarantee?:barefoot:
     
  13. kernel_thai

    kernel_thai Member+

    Oct 24, 2012
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Not to jar reality and jump back on topic...but Van Hollebeke will likely miss Canada and Rampone is nursing an injury as well. They may actually have to add a CB to the pool. My personal preference would be to call in Johnston but I guess Dahlkemper is also a possibility.
     
  14. lunatica

    lunatica Member+

    Nov 20, 2013
    I also think it's gonna be Dahlkemper. She's the only 2013 Hermann Throphy finalist yet to be call up and was playing good with U-23s in La Manga this year. The fact that she's from UCLA and Ellis is a coach right now doesn't hurt either. Johnston might be in similar situation to Tymrak and Brooks.
     
  15. kernel_thai

    kernel_thai Member+

    Oct 24, 2012
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    The USWNT is becoming like the NWSL ....when ur players r out u can only replace them with amateurs :)
     
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  16. WPS_Movement

    WPS_Movement Member+

    Apr 9, 2008
    Who? Oh yeah, that's that one Baby Horse that came from a stork.
    I heard that story once. What a great fable it was. She was supposed to be really good at soccer.
    Too bad she was never real. It's been so long now that it's turned into an old legend.
    Someone needs to rewind that tape and tell her story again.

     
  17. luvdagame

    luvdagame Member+

    Jul 6, 2000
    using lunatica's post in the spirit thread...

    ...mark parsons on keelin winters. minute 5:50.



    what do you guys think? she IS playing brian's spot weekly at the pro level.
     
  18. kernel_thai

    kernel_thai Member+

    Oct 24, 2012
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    I dont think Winters was ready last year when her chance came and maybe she gets another one under the new coach.
     
  19. newsouth

    newsouth Member

    Nov 20, 2010
    Club:
    Santos FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    I give Winters all the credit in the world with Seattle, and I was one of the guys who dogged her for being in NT camps, but she still isn't international level quality, no matter the coach.
     
  20. AlexJ17

    AlexJ17 Member

    Dec 12, 2013
    Club:
    Paris Saint Germain FC
    That awkward moment when Amy Rodriguez leads the league in scoring...
     
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  21. newsouth

    newsouth Member

    Nov 20, 2010
    Club:
    Santos FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    Not really. I predicted she'd be a 10 goal forward. If Sermanni had stayed, I think he turns her around for the NT because she wouldn't get stuck in 1v1 battles with bigger defenders, which was a highlight of Pia's offense.

    Now, Goebel is another story. She was timid when she had chance to attack Angerer unlike Little. I still believe the size difference benefited her game in Japan.

    1 goal in 6 games. I've still got her borderline 5 goals in 24 games.
     
  22. kernel_thai

    kernel_thai Member+

    Oct 24, 2012
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Disagree about Goebel. While scoring is the least developed part of her game she does everything else ud expect from a center forward. If she played on the NT she wouldnt score much, but the players around her would score more and wouldnt that be a pleasant change.
     
  23. newsouth

    newsouth Member

    Nov 20, 2010
    Club:
    Santos FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Brazil
    ok, 1 goal 1 asst in 6 games, so i got her on the books for 5 goals 5 asst in 24 games. she still didn't challenge angerer, who handled her easier than solo handled 18 yr old 1st cap raquel. how soon we forget how people were hyping her?
     
  24. Blaze20

    Blaze20 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    Find me one post of someone hyping Goebel before the start of the season.
     
  25. kernel_thai

    kernel_thai Member+

    Oct 24, 2012
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Im not saying Goebel shouldnt have done better...just that u shouldnt judge her game based on one muffed shot.
     

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