PBP: 2012/04/{01-03} Kirin Cup: Japan-USA, USA-Brazil

Discussion in 'USA Women: News and Analysis' started by Gilmoy, Apr 1, 2012.

  1. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Live now on ESPN3 (Adrian Healey and Julie Foudy :D), and USSoccer's MatchTracker. Surely there's a justin.tv stream for Japan's TV coverage.
     
  2. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I didn't realize Sawa was out with vertigo.
     
  3. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I haven't been impressed by the backline early.
     
  4. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Japan (Norio Sasaki):
    [lineup-4-4-2]
    9 Nahomi Kawasumi, 17 Yuki Nagasato
    , 8(c) Aya Miyama, 14 Asuna Tanaka, 6 M.Sakaguchi, 11 Shinobu Ohno
    , 15 Aya Sameshima, 16 Kyoko Yano, 4 Saki Kumagai, 2 Yukari Kinga
    , 1 Ayumi Kaihori
    [/lineup-4-4-2]
    #10 Homare Sawa has been out since before Algarve with an obscure form of vertigo.
    #3 Azusa Iwashimizu (RCB) and #20 Mana Iwabuchi (FW) also not available.
     
  5. ForeverLOST108

    ForeverLOST108 Member+

    Jan 23, 2010
    Orlando
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Going on no sleep right now.. let's hope this game is worth it :cool:
     
  6. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    USA (Pia Sundhage): Back into a 4-4-2 to accomodate the poster girl :D
    [lineup-4-4-2]
    20 Abby Wambach, 13 Alex Morgan
    , 12 L.Cheney, 10 C.Lloyd, 7 S.Boxx, 9 H.O'Reilly
    , 5 K.O'Hara, 19 R.Buehler, 3(c) C.Rampone, 6 A.LePeilbet
    , 1 Hope Solo
    [/lineup-4-4-2]
     
  7. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    11' 0-0 Japan #2 Kinga(?) chips long from centerline right touch, over box top right, sends #11 Ohno into a 1-v-1 with inside shoulder position on #19 Buehler. Buehler gets enough shoulder lean and slide-hook disruption to prevent a shot, ball rolls to 6-top and Ohno hurdles Solo rather than challenge hard.
     
  8. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    The backline seems content passing it around the back and bypassing the midfield with longballs to nobody. Unfortunately, that isn't working.
     
  9. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    14' 0-0 USA right corner, #12 Cheney rolls it short to #9 O'Reilly at box top right. Chip cross from there finds #19 Buehler's head at 6-top right post, glancing header to center low, #1 Kaihori is right there.

    15' 0-0 USA to #9 O'Reilly into the right corner, #8(c) Miyama all the way back to block the cross over.

    16' 0-0 USA right corner, to 6-top center. #10 Lloyd sneaks between 2 and heads wide left.
     
  10. ForeverLOST108

    ForeverLOST108 Member+

    Jan 23, 2010
    Orlando
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    LePeilbet is not a RB...
     
  11. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    23' 0-0 Japan left corner, #8(c) Miyama plays short to #9 Nahomi Kawasumi at box top left. She shoots chest-high just wide right. USA now defends corners with 2 field players hugging the posts ...

    24' 0-0 USA catch Japan in a 3-4 break up the centerline. #12 Cheney rolls a through-ball through arc left toward #13 Morgan running through arc right, just too far and #1 Kaihori collects. Cheney might be our only player who can see that pass ...

    25' 0-0 #19 Buehler escorts another nervy ground ball out of our box right.
     
  12. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Was that handled in the box?
     
  13. StarCityFan

    StarCityFan BigSoccer Supporter

    Aug 2, 2001
    Greenbelt, MD
    Club:
    Washington Freedom
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looked okay to me on the replay.
     
  14. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Hearing some USA chants from the crowd
     
  15. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    26' 0-0 Japan free kick from 32m box right. #8 Miyama curls it to 8m right post, #9 Kawasumi goes prone facing away to flick-head it backward. Ball-to-hand off #7 Boxx's arm and down! No call, Boxx clears it -- point-blank off Kawasumi's butt :eek: Ricochets sideways and #6 Sakaguchi has a shot at 8m mid-left! She's pressured, hooks right instep wide left.
     
  16. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    On replay it did look like it was chested if they showed the same period.
     
  17. Rosytoes86

    Rosytoes86 Member

    Apr 11, 2010
    Wow. Japan is smooth aand making this look easy. We are just getting handled right now. Do you notice how easy and fuss-less their clears are, where ours are a struggle and a mess?
     
  18. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    Goal Japan

    Was the original play onside?
     
  19. ForeverLOST108

    ForeverLOST108 Member+

    Jan 23, 2010
    Orlando
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That was long coming. 1-0 Japan
     
  20. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    31' 0-0 Japan plays out of the back. #17 Nagasato gets Buehlered, foul. Japan promptly lose it over the endline.

    32' 0-0 Japan ping ball away, quickly chip long from midfield to 30m, #3(c) Rampone outruns everybody.
     
  21. Rosytoes86

    Rosytoes86 Member

    Apr 11, 2010
    That goal was kind of inevitable.
     
  22. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
    I think it was Cheney that just let that run continue in the box. There has been a lot of that deep.
     
  23. ForeverLOST108

    ForeverLOST108 Member+

    Jan 23, 2010
    Orlando
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    She didn't interfere with the play.
     
  24. FawcettFan14

    FawcettFan14 Member+

    Mar 19, 2004
    Colorado
    Kinga puts Japan in front, after a nice piece of build-up. If the U.S. loses here, do they start to worry? That would make three losses (technically two and a draw, but the World Cup final is absolutely a mental loss) against the Nadeshiko in a row. Without Sawa today, no less.

    Too early to concede defeat yet, obviously, but the offense isn't clicking too well. Abby, once again, has been near invisible.
     
  25. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    33' 1-0 #2 Kinga feeds #9 Kawasumi at box top right, overlaps past her behind two defenders. Kawasumi mini-lobs over them, drops to Kinga in stride, alone to 6-top right. Kinga halts and stares down #1 Solo, hooks short square pass to #8(c) Miyama at 5m 2/3 right. Miyama shoots, Solo twists and blocks, falls forward. #19 Buehler slides in, taps ball to 2m right post as 4 USA players lie on grass. #2 Yukari Kinga darts forward and blasts it in, high over traffic.
     

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