The Netherlands - Oranje Leeuwinnen & Eredivisie

I disagree. Brugts trained with the senior squad and got very little game experience. That's fine, but why not play against the world's best U20 teams? Are you suggesting she's too good for that now? She's 18/19: I'm sure the experience would be extremely beneficial. Which is better competition: The U20 WC or the Eredivisie, which I don't think is a particularly good league.

 

They do need 32 teams in the champions league, or another 16 teams in a hypothetical women's Europa league

 

The u-20 WWC is not a protected period in the International calendar so teams can refuse tp send the players out. Same for the u-19 Euros, I remember Arsenal refused call up for England for two players on that basis when the FA WSL was a Summer League. The clubs can decide if it is not a FIFA protected date.

 

New Orange Lionesses head coach
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Andries Jonker volgt Mark Parsons op als bondscoach Oranje Leeuwinnen

De KNVB heeft Andries Jonker (59) aangesteld als bondscoach van de Oranjevoetbalsters. Hij volgt daarmee de na het EK ontslagen Mark Parsons op. Voor Jonker, die een contract tekent tot en met het EK van 2025, wacht direct een belangrijke uitdaging met een cruciaal duel in de WK-kwalificatie op 6 september tegen IJsland.

Tim Reedijk 24-08-22, 11:00 Laatste update: 11:28
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Andries Jonker succeeds Mark Parsons as national coach orange lionesses

The KNVB has appointed Andries Jonker (59) as national coach of the Dutch national football players. He succeeds Mark Parsons, who was fired after the European Championship. For Jonker, who signs a contract until the Euro 2025, an important challenge immediately awaits with a crucial duel in the World Cup qualification on September 6 against Iceland. Tim Reedijk 24-08-22, 11:00 Last update: 11:28 By Tim Reedijk

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Any reaction to the new NT hire? He's Dutch and certainly very experienced-- worked with Van Gaal at Barcelona and Bayern Munich men's teams, among others, and was briefly the women's NT coach in 2001. I read he was the top choice of the KNVB after Wiegman left, but he was still with Telstar. What is TelStar--a Dutch men's club? Never heard of it.

Jonger claimed his goal is for the Dutch to be in the FIFA Top Ten rankings and make the quarterfinals of major tournaments--which was a bit of a strange comment given that The Netherlands has been FIFA Top 5 for a few years and was in the quarters of the just-completed Euros. He was right in saying that England, France, Germany and Spain were better than the Dutch at the Euros, so it's time to get better. And Van de Sanden is back in the selection!

 

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Wat zeggen oud-collega’s over Andries Jonker, de nieuwe bondscoach van het vrouwenelftal?
Oranjevrouwen Andries Jonker (59) is aangesteld als nieuwe bondscoach van de Oranjevrouwen. Hij moet het vrouwenelftal na een teleurstellend verlopen EK weer op de rit krijgen. „Je zag vroeger al: die heeft het in zich om coach te worden.”
Danielle Pinedo 24 augustus 2022 Leestijd 5 minuten

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What do former colleagues say about Andries Jonker, the new coach of the women's national team? Oranjevrouwen Andries Jonker (59) has been appointed as the new national coach of the Oranjevrouwen. He has to get the women's team back on track after a disappointing European Championship. "You saw in the past: he has what it takes to become a coach." Danielle Pinedo 24 August 2022 Reading time 5 minutes
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How Europe improves the women game:

Playing against junior boys' teams is a tried and tested approach for elite women's teams. Barcelona have been doing it for several years. They used to lose but now beat their junior boys' teams every time, the progress of the approach is obvious.

— Tim Stillman (@Stillmanator) August 29, 2022

 

Arsenal is going that route too:

Arsenal U15’s beat Arsenal Women’s 5-0 in a training match yesterday.

HOLY SH*T! 😳🔴 pic.twitter.com/Vuzt0VQQ0u

— Barstool Football (@StoolFootball) August 29, 2022

 

Playing against junior boys teams is not a new approach to improve.
Not at all

Many teams did it, even USWNT (at least once i read it) and of course OL for several years. Each year against U16, Lyon 's women keep on losing, well no problem, it is good for fighting spirit.

 

Japan WNT is training annualy vs. men's U-16 and U-18 teams since Sasaki era back in 2010's

 

Impossible!

 

The Eredivisie schedule is up:

https://vrouweneredivisie.nl/programma-azerion-vrouwen-eredivisie/

 

Wow: That is rather bizarre. She can't be making the same money at Ajax that she would have been paid by PSG, could she? Certainly she'd be facing more high-level competition with PSG...

 

Can it have anything to do with this recent post from the French Division 1 thread?

 

Groenen deserved better from today’s match. Offensive and defensive/pressing excellence and arguably should have had 1.5 assists (0.5 to the steal/tackle on Van de Donk’s first big miss). I did think she maybe should have taken a crack at goal after that nutmeg in the box.

Van Domselaar’s long passing is just exquisite.

 

Brugts saves the Dutch with a goal at '93 to put The Netherlands in the World Cup. Didn't see match but appparently the Dutch had a ton of shots on goal but needed an injury-time score to clinch it.

 

It actually wasnot a shot at the goal, but an attempt for an assist, but everybody missed it, including the goalie.
It's a bit ironic that of all the shots, the one not ment as such goes in.

 

Yup, this match had no business still being tied, let alone close, all the way until the end. The Dutch hit the frame of the goal like four times, and Sigurðardóttir had a great match. There were poor periods of play, but I thought the Dutch actually played well overall. Just unlucky/poor finishing. S. Jonsdottir had a great chance to give Iceland the lead just past the 70th minute, but she fortunately miskicked the ball. Van Domselaar is just so steady/quick with her kicking and throwing distribution, and Groenen had another quality match in my opinion.

Casparij as LB, Egurrola coming on for Spitse at the end, and Van der Gragt as an extra ST were all tactics Parsons executed as well. Every manager has tried out Roord out wide. It's just clear that Parsons wasn't able to properly connect with the squad.

 

The GOLTV stream malfunctioning at the worst time and for quite a long period of time was incredibly frustrating but now hilarious in hindsight. The commentator was a bit annoying at times but entertaining as well, and I agree with him that Welch had a ridiculously high bar for fouls this match. Just focusing in on Gunnarsdottir, she threw out her hand and connected with Groenen's face (not a foul because a Dutch player fouled an Iceland played right before but still that was poor play), she recklessly took out Groenen's standing leg as she played a pass, and she unnecessarily pushed Brugts off balance into the boards. Gunnarsdottir finished the match without a booking, and Iceland was deemed to have only committed four fouls the whole match.

 

I missed the first 15 or so minutes of this match, and I have to admit I'm surprised Brynjarsdóttir didn't protest that breakaway in the 7th minute. Welch largely favored Iceland more in this match, but I think Groenen may well have gotten lucky to escape a red there.

 

On repeated looks, it seems like Brynjarsdóttir stepped on Groenen's foot. Groenen's tackling motion had stopped, and there was no reckless contact. Further motion of Groenen's leg was in response to Brynjarsdóttir stepping on her in my opinion. If true, would that have been enough to avoid a red if VAR had been used? Regardless, that was not good play by either Janssen (initial pass) or Van der Gragt.