Olympic qualifying 2020, US vs Panama on January 31

I think Rapinoe and I just had the same thought about that ball, "why in the world did I do that?"

 

Horan almost gets a hat trick in the first half, but nice save from the keeper.

 

Ain’t no party like a USWNT party

 

Half
USA 4 Panama 0

 

Ya heard!?

 

It slowed down there at the end of the half, but I still feel a bit bad for Panama. You never want to be the team that has to play the US after they've had a bad game. You don't want to face a US team that feels it has something to prove.

 

Panama is playing a BAD offside trap but for the last 2/3 of the first half the US fell for it over and over. You do NOT beat a trap by staying even you beat a trap by making runs, often diagonal, from one or two meters onside. That way the defense cannot trap by just taking one step. In fact traps are often broken by runs out of the midfield while the forwards just hold their position.

The US needs to adjust if they want to run the score.

 

I felt right at the time that Panama's goalie should be taken out of the game. Terrible decision by the coach. I hope she'll be OK.

 

Just went back and looked, and you're right. She was on, but it was only by about half a step.

 

Second half underway....

 

The second half is underway. However, the US has not scored somehow.

 

Oh, if Lavelle would have scored on that run, you all would have been able to hear me.

 

The US still has not scored this half

 

Lavelle again just misses, but this time off a rebound from a corner kick.

 

McDonald puts one over. 4 minutes into the 2nd half and we haven't scored.

 

Still no goals this half...

 

"Just feel like Emily Sonnett is going to get a goal in this game" - Aly Wagner

 

It's still 4-0

 

10 minutes into the 2nd half and the US has missed about 10 shots.

 

Sounds about right. And most of them were good chances, too. So good job on chance creation, I guess?

 

I'm happy for the city of Houston, they finally get to cheer for a good team.

 

Press on, Rapinoe off.

 

Dahlkemper in, Dunn off. Krieger will go to the right, and Sonnett to the left I'm guessing.

 

There does seem to be a few dozen more people than there were Tuesday. Maybe it is because tomorrow is not a weekday. Although Saturday is a day of the week.

 

14121 announced. Significantly more than a few days ago.