There seems to be massive indifference about this tournament. I can't even find out on the web what time the games are so that I can look for a stream or a feed of some sort.
Three games as far as I can make out. I think all the matches are in la Manga proper somewhere. All times local. So, 6 hrs ahead of Eastern and 9 hrs ahead of Pacific. Sat. March 1, 12:00 PM USA v Japan. Mon. March 3, 7:00 PM USA v Sweden Wed. March 5, 1:00 PM USA v Norway I have my doubts on feeds, but maybe the other National team sites will have something. Let us know if you find something.
I think "massive indifference" describes the general, long-standing attitude towards u-23 play pretty well. Personally I'm glad it exists, but only as a means of getting prospective senior team players some extra time in an international environment. The match results aren't terribly important in my mind. I don't recall ever seeing a stream or even a matchtracker-like thing for a U-23 match, though I've never really hunted for one.
Report I got was Stengel beat the keeper and passed to Ohai for an empty net tap in. We need to look harder for feeds. Apparently there was a live one from the Japanese.
I heard Japan was attacking pretty hard, Ohai was playing left mid and came across the filed to get the pass from Stengal.. Wish they would as least post after game feeds.
Can anyone tell us where they are getting info about the U23 game v Japan -- personal connections? Or is there an on line source?
Result was from Katie Stengel Tweet The rest was from a little flurry of twitter responses. (@1CAVSfann, @UKcoachLipschitz) And a private source confirming.
Black Hole is one way to put it. I'm trying to find twitter accounts of fans attending the game, that seems to be the best source of information.
Stengel did really well. She was too big and strong for Japan to handle well and ran through them, their players were just too small. Ohai worked really hard. Her goal was pretty much a tap in, but she put herself in a good position from her outside mid position to get it. In the first half, Shim did well as an attacking mid. Colaprico played defensive mid and, although she’s small, she did really well. Dydasco, Gilliland, Kallman, and Dahlkemper were solid on defense. Ubogagu and Hayes started and came out at the half, along with Shim, and Richmond, Hoy, and Tymrak subbed in for them. Sonnett also went in later, as did Groom. All of the latter group were solid, but nothing special. Japan’s possession was not as good as expected. It could have been due to how the US played; or it could have been they didn’t play as well as they could; or it could have been they don’t possess as well as had been thought.
as someone who only saw the limited stats i immediately began wondering , if they possessed the ball so much, why they had to foul 9 times to the u.s. 3. normally, we are made to expect those numbers to be the other way around? what do you think explains that. is it a misprint?
The report I received, that Japan did not possess that much, is consistent with your analysis of the fouls. Also, if they were not able to handle Stengel's power and size and she was able to run right through them, their only option may have been to foul her. My impression was that the US women were expecting Japan to possess the ball really well and Japan didn't, for whatever reason.
Thanks for the video. It looked like a pretty even game. As on many occasions, scoring the US goal was much less interesting than the lead-up to the goal. An excellent pass from Dydasco to Stengel, outstanding ball handling by Stengel, and a tap in by Ohai. One of my pet peeves is that highlight reels all too often show only the goal being scored and nothing of the lead-up to the goal. Why didn't Frisbee play in this game?