I had to look her up. I remember she wore the name "Ogimi." Looks like she got divorced and went back to using her maiden name.
Yeah, I was curious to know who the other player (besides Butt) was that Simon and Gorry replaced versus the squad that played against the USA?
46' 0-0 Kerr turns through box left to 8m mid-left, lunging poke shot blocked away. Logarzo gets fouled at box top left. 47' 1-0 Kennedy fk at 17m box left, right instep pull low past wall, beats Hirao to the near post, bounces just inside left post low. A flaw in the wall? There should not be a hole thereat. 47' | @TheMatildas strike first! @AlannaKennedy's free kick sneaks through to the near post to give the Aussies a 1-0 advantage vs. 🇯🇵. pic.twitter.com/NtYcj125E2— U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (@USWNT) August 2, 2018 ... sir, there is a hole there. Shall we have your ship standing by? 1025155052405698560 is not a valid tweet id
That was a rocket on the FK by Kennedy. Was that through the wall? Bad goal to give at the near post by Japan's keeper.
Australia scores a low near post goal on a free kick. That was doubly the GK's fault. First the GK did not position the wall correctly and then she failed to cover the near post. With VERY rare exceptions a low near post goal is ALWAYS the GK's fault. The shot was not even hit hard. But is is a goal so Australia leads 1-0.
53' 1-0 Gielnik cross from ~12m wide right to 8m center, Kerr jumps slightly ahead of it and leans back, glanced header off left post high. 55' 1-0 Logarzo plays Raso through box top mid right to 9m. Raso shoots across mouth, wide left. That almost looked like a pass for a far-post run, but nobody was ahead of her. 57' 1-0 Kerr fouled at arc top mid-left. 58' 1-0 Kennedy fk thereat, low into the wall twice, Japan clears -- into Logarzo's right shoulder. Ref calls handball for that.
Well the match has settled back into the first half's pattern with a LOT of failed passes and failed attacks in the attacking third by each team. After Japan giving up a bad goal and nearly a couple more no one looks like they really want to win this game. I wonder if we have a repeat coming of the US vs Australia finish where Australia fails to put the game away and gets tied late. Another failed header by Kerr! This time saved by the keeper. The ensuing corner comes to naught.
65' 1-0 Kellond-Knight(?) dribbles past midfield wide left to ~25m, passes down wide left for Logarzo. Kerr goes into the scrum at 7m 1/3 left, Logarzo crosses to her head. Kerr gets no jump but reads it better, standing-heads across mouth, Hirao dives (her) left and pushes it wide right. 67' 1-0 Masuya spins past Raso(?) to 27m box left, rolls a speculative too-early pass into box -- way too far ahead of her central run support, Williams gathers.
Is the temperature hot on the field? Players are playing and making choices like they are tired and the play just has not been that fast.
71' 1-0 Simple diagonal chip finds Iwabuchi behind Australia's left diagonal flank at arc top mid-right. Iwabuchi has time to come back, receive, tap forward, and shoot right roundhouse across mouth -- just wide left low, as Williams dives horizontally (and misses). 72' 1-0 Kerr, facing away at 25m mid-right, back-heads down mid-right for Gielnik running on. Gielnik goes to 4m mid-right, shoots across mouth touched wide left high. GK Hirao then collides with post? She goes down on back momentarily, resumes.
81' 2-0 Kennedy awkward lunge-pass from own box top mid-left, inside-out directly to Shimizu. Shimizu turns away from pressure, quacks an even worse square pass centerward, directly to Simon. Simon chips one-touch past circle top left, Hirao comes 32m out and slides for it. Kerr taps inside past Hirao, accelerates past Sameshima caught spinning 360. Kerr veers right to 18m arc right, passes ball into center back low. Learning experience: Kerr sighted today, remain in your box 81' | Another one for 🇦🇺! A long ball down the middle finds @samkerr1, who beats the keeper outside the box and slots it into an empty net. pic.twitter.com/4OdnZ4bPE8— U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (@USWNT) August 2, 2018
There were two. count 'em TWO defenders on Kerr and the keeper comes WAY out of the box and completely flubs the play on the ball. While Kerr is good that goal is all the keeper's error. It was about as bad a mistake as a keeper can make.
Unless something really dreadful happens this knocks Brazil out of the tournament and the US must win by two or more or Australia wins on goal difference.
That was arguably Japan's best opportunity; they had the numbers going forward and squandered it with a shot right at Williams.