I think that is what Vlatko may have wanted to do with Macario. However, if you listened to his Post Game Press Conference, he hadn't planned to start her off right away for the 2nd half, but was going to start Sophie Smith into Megan's spot, but do to a slight injury picked-up in practice, he put Macario in in her place. That is where she played in her freshman and Sophomore years at Stanford. May have been the reason for Lloyd having to play the whole game. For someone with all that has been going on around her leading up to her first time on the field with the NT, she looked very composed. One of the highlights of Kristie's goal, shows the beautiful ball she put out there for Lloyd. As she gets more comfortable playing with the team, I think we will start to see some of the amazing things she can do.
One thing you need to keep in mind is that Lloyd and Rapinoe will now have to face the rigors of playing in regular season games as well as go through the intense NT training ;and International games leading up to the Olympics. It was nice they could rest their bodies and heal up with all that time off. But at their age, can they continue to take the wear and tear on their bodies. it will be important they avoid any kind of injuries during that time as well.
I think that Macario came in for Pinoe initially on the left, but she soon switched with Horan and took a more central position. I thought Lloyd played more like she needed to actually earn a roster spot than I have seen in a long time. She was making hustle plays (when she didn’t really need to) right up until the end - trying to prove she still has gas in the tank.
She placed it perfectly. I dont trust Lloyd plus... who knows how much longer for her? This was a weak team defensively and Lloyd managed to not get shots other that weak headers. Need much more from a single forward than that
And we can't travel to find a better opponent? Columbia is about on par with a Div 1 college team and no challenge for us. Sorry, but this was a waste of time AND even though we dominated, we still struggle when there is no transition game.
I find the continuous switch between Colombia and Columbia on this thread (sometimes even by a same poster) quite amusing. I'd like to track back how many instances we had of Colombia and how many of Columbia.
Some of us have an "excuse" that may or may not explain some of the problems. Years (many many years) ago when I worked as a "soldier" for the US I had a fairly long assignment in "Colombia" that required a lot of written correspondence. The person that handled our "team" always spelled it as "Columbia" no matter how much he was corrected. I became so used to "Columbia" that my old eyes does not see the mistake unless I specifically look for that error. I try quite hard to not make that error but I still sometimes do and I don't even see it as an error unless it is pointed out as it was in this thread. It is an easy mistake to make and it is a lot better than posts that are labeled with obscenity as at least one post in this thread is. In internet communication a misspelling that does not obscure meaning is not exactly a major transgression. At least I don't think it should be.
In fact I said it was just amusing, not a major transgression at all. Also, since I am a teacher, it was probably my professional self taking charge!
Seemed very clear that you were not accusing anyone of a "major transgression." Glad that your "professional self" took charge--especially with another game imminent against Colombia. I'm hoping that your students here get it right this time.
I too have been in Colombia -- and I know how the country's name is spelled and I speak Spanish, but more often than not I spell it "Columbia" and say "Columbia" when speaking English. When speaking Spanish I say Colombia. I think the problem is that we -- or at least I -- with our sloppy English pronunciation of vowels pronounce it "Columbia." To take a similar example, American English speakers often pronounce colon as something closer to "colun," Colorado as "Colurada," color as "colur" etc. It's hard in the dialect of English I speak from Missouri -- pronounced "Mazura" -- to say Colombia properly. P.S. I'm not a linguist, so I can't vouch for the scholarly accuracy of the foregoing.
Maybe losing their best prospect since Marta to the U.S. will push Brazil to change. If Macario lives up to the hype, she could be the biggest agent of change for WOSO in her native country without ever suiting up for them.
I think it's much ado about nothing. I will not be offended if anyone pronounces United States with an accent that is consistent with their native language.
With the midfielders we have id put macario up top. She’s a once a generational talent and has to be on the field. She’s the fastest player that was in camp and while doesn’t rely on her speed and can do so many other things, play her as a 9 to combine and create and then ask her to stretch defenses as well.
I watched all UCLA games in our Pac 12 and this Macario kid is the real deal. UCLA were never able to beat Stanford(much to the excitement of Julie Foudy) but we always were able to beat every other Pac 12 team.
Do we have evidence that Macario is the fastest player in camp? I think of Lynn Williams as the fastest US woman with Christian Press as second.
Pugh is also very fast, and Sophia Smith appears to be blazing fast. Pugh and Smith might be right there with Press. Not being argumentative. But, I was watching the match thinking that with her size and skill, Macario is like when you design your own player on FIFA, and give them all "10's." If she's that fast, holy cow.
I watched the NCAA match, and Stanford with Macario and Smith, made UCLA's Ashley Sanchez, the Canadian international (spacing on her name), and Fishel, look pedestrian.
I find it hard to believe she's faster than Lynn Williams. But, I absolutely agree on the rest and I would rather see her get the start at CF over Carli on Friday.
I think that is what they plan to do with her, move her around during the game. I know that is what they did with her at Stanford. She's not afraid to take on the backline. You got a glimpse of the problems she can cause for them.
There's a difference between fast and quick. Some may be blazing fast after 3 or 4 steps while a quick person may not have the same top end but gets to her max speed in one or two steps. Top end is great but quick is better in the end. She looked quick to me as does Rose. Williams is fast. So is Morgan. Good for games where there is a transition. 1/2 field games need quick I agree with trying Macario up top next time out. We need someone to replace Lloyd and who knows if Morgan is done or not? Dont think I would want to tell Lloyd though lol
Yeah that was an incredibly frustrating match to watch since I thought it would be a really nice competitive game but nope, it was Stanford the whole time. I was thinking, "really guys? come on now!" hahaha
English is one of the two or three hardest languages to learn as a second language and it is, in my belief, the hardest of the western languages to spell in correctly and also harder than most eastern languages as well. We have a set of "rules" but the we have a huge number of words that violate one or more of the "rules. We also have many words like "read" that is pronounced differently for different meanings it can be pronounced like "red" or like "reed" depending on usage. That word also shows another problem in that there are words that are pronounced exactly the same but are spelled differently. I sometimes wonder how we ever learn to effectively to communicate in such a sloppy language. Then you have to throw in the foolish dialects that obscure meaning. Even as recently as the early 1900s there was an excuse for that sloppiness but for at least the last 40 years "dialects" should be dead in all countries. But that is not going to happen because people value "heritage" over clear communication. That is one of the things I like about soccer. On the field everyone seems able to communicate equally. I firmly believe that many of the world's ills could be cured if people just took the time to learn to communicate with each other. But most of that does not really pertain here. It is just something I felt I needed to say.