Victory Tour 2019

I thought ESPN's replay paused it at the point where Press touched it, and Horan was way offside.

 

Wow, I guess I've never seen an USWNT match so much ignored here on BigSoccer boards. Non dedicated thread? No comments? No anticipation or buzz? I was barely aware that it was scheduled.

 

Wow I just woke up this morning and checked BigSoccer and there was no dedicated match thread. I believe that's one of the first times thats ever happened. Was everyone just at the match live? haha sure looked that way. Maybe I need to be making them in the future.

Since this particular match was held in LA, and all the way at the Rose Bowl to boot(don't me started on my crazy journey via train, horseback, fighting zombies, etc.) to get from there to back home again last night. Was too tired to check here to see what everyone thought.

It was fun times though, I got to meet Mia Hamm, see the trophy in person and take photographs, meet fans that went to the 99 Rose Bowl match, spend 16 dollars a pop for adult beverages and watch fireworks every 20 minutes.

The worst part is it's painful going to the Rose Bowl if you are trying to avoid spending 50 dollars on parking. Apparently the Metro Gold Line didn't get the memo that there were 37,000 people 2 miles from their train station and they should have gone more frequently than once every 20 minutes.

 

Glad you had a good time at the match McSkillz.
The infrastructure for entrance and egress has always been terrible at the Rose Bowl... even back in the sixties.

 

You have UCLA under your handle... were you surprised by this?

 

I thought that only McSkillz was allowed to start threads

On August 3, 2019, where else on the Planet could you be to be in the presense of Legends, 37,000 of your closest friends, The Great Joy Fawcett and complete and total awesomeness.

Pre-match ceremonies were fanastic - banners, hardware, fireworks......I hope they do that at every Match till Christmas. After all...........we are the TWO TIME REIGNING WOMEN'S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS.

Kinda fell bass ackwards into great accommodations - I stayed in "old town". 4 blocks from the night before A/O party (no comment) and 2 blocks from the shuttle bus stop to the Rose Bowl - 10 bucks there and back.

Onto Philly at the end of the month - - still trying to knock the France Rust off.

 

I recorded last night's match but still haven't gotten around to watching it. Just had the score sheet spoiled.

Oh sure Tobin, *NOW* you score a goal.

 

Not much to discuss. This is more a fan fest than a competitive match so I'm glad you had a great time.

 

She's spoiled us throughout 2018 and 2019 on the NT. Far from a prolific wing scorer before then.

 

I didn't see any pausing at all, but I was admittedly not paying the most attention. I have seen some highlights though, and even though there was still no pausing, Horan definitely looked offside.

 

Which makes it all the more ironic that Heath was able to score a goal in the 2015 World Cup but not the 2019 World Cup [even with her multiple very viable chances in the Final]. That was the point of my original post, although I realized subsequently that it could be misinterpreted as me complaining that she scored in one of the few games that I wasn't watching in real time.

 

Just watched the first half, and I've got to say-- it isn't obvious to me that Carli isn't good for another four years.

One doesn't want to rob Peter to play Prinz, as it were-- but there's no real profit in telling outliers they can't be outliers, either...

And, oh yeah-- it was offsides.

 

A quietly effective second half from Horan--seems maybe to be back in synch. Of course Ireland was rather overmatched...

I do hope that McDonald gets a fair run at an Olympic slot. There's got to be a place for that level of athlete... I just don't quite see who one leaves out.

From the speed and volume of the bleeding it seems likely that Mewis' nose was broken? I mean, its isn't an absolute correlation, but most of the time when you see that faucet effect... I notice all of the obvious bubble candidates for the Olympics got good minutes...

 

The pedant in me would like to insist that, while Mewis' nose was broken, it wasn't Mewis who did the breaking...

 

Don’t know if this has been posted but...

Here’s a great film of the USA’s journey at WWC19.

http://youtu.be/C3ZTKTwdkvk

 

100 reps

 

Been watching copious amounts of NWSL.
Some great games .. some real stinkers.
Still...a good investment !

What’s the chance of a Midge Purce call up to the USWNT ?...She looks the business.

 

Before the end of the "Victory Tour," about 1 in 10,000,000,000.
After the end of the "Victory Tour" but before the Olympics, about 1 in 1000.
After the Olympics about 1 in 5.

The new coach should have a lot to say about the call ups and, no matter who it is, I would be very surprised if, after the Olympics, there was not a VERY wide net thrown to try to find the best team, in the opinion of the coach, possible.

There will be some replacements during the tour due to injuries and such, there already are a few, but they will come from those that were on the cusp to make the WWC. Wholesale testing for the next cycle will not start before the Olympics unless somebody at/near the top goes insane.

 

Thanks FOF.
In regards to the NWSL ( or because I can’t browse for a thread properly) I heard ESPN International has picked up foreign rights to matches... Has anyone an idea if there’s games are on the BT platform in UK ?
Or any distribution info at all ?

I’m away from home... as usual.

 

US takes the lead just before half against South Korea. Long finishes off of the free kick from Rapinoe.

 

Long was definitely offside.

 

S. Korea is playing better than No. 20 in the world. Physical and swarming. But -- can they keep it up in the second half?