36' 0-0 USA fk at 27m mid-right, Holiday bends it to 8m 1/4 left, Wambach glance-heads wider left to Lloyd at 5m 6-left -- shanked straight into end zone. 37' 0-0 Nigeria to wide right, cross headed away to Rapinoe. Morgan tries to pass to Wambach, intercepted in center circle. 38' 0-0 Heath turns centerward at circle back tangent left, RB #22 Nnodim clatters into her churning legs. Foul, yellow card on Nnodim. 39' 0-0 USA fk, to 8m 1/3 right, Wambach heads to right post, nobody there. Nigeria clear, USA chip down mid-left -- Morgan onside! Dede races her sideways, slides, Morgan tries a cross/shot -- Dede blocks with hand, over endline.
Really, because I have seen different lineups for these 3 games and the same issues still persist. Simple passes when there is minimal pressure is going astray. Thats on the players
See that, Holiday left the easy pass to dribble right into traffic for the turnover, tell me how that is on Ellis?
Stagnant. No invention in movement. Entirely wrong formation choice. No central midfield presence. Everything down the channels.
people who have never watched soccer in their lives before this world cup can see holiday and lloyd shouldnt be playing lengthy minutes, if any. they're saying it.
41' 0-0 Heath dribbles down wide right, faces up LM #7 Sunday at 5m, drives endline and trips heels-over-head. Corner. 42' 0-0 USA right ck, Rapinoe mis-hits it to 6-right, defender blocks it over. 42' 0-0 USA right ck, Rapinoe sends it to 6-top left, Lloyd contested jump, heads way over goal to endzone box right.
Ellis has her diary out again. 'What a lovely city Vancouver is. I'd love to come back one day when people aren't second-guessing me.'— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) June 17, 2015
She's played better than Holiday. And unlike Holiday, she's been the driving force beyond our gold medal wins recently.