For the US? Almost never. Danielle Slaton on sideline duties just referred to the US switching to a "three-back." I've noticed this before; does anyone know why American women's soccer flips that description from "back three" or "back four," and puts the number first?
as in the first game, the team on at the end looked better than the team that played maybe 70 minutes. It says to me that GBs starting choices are not the correct ones
I don’t like the way the ref stopped that. Costa Rica kept playing. You don’t stop the match after they lose possession
The chest down by Roldan was beautiful because it set up a gorgeous distro to Lewis. b.t.w. - Lletget scored on the guy Curly Doyle (the toilet bowl analyst at MLS dot com) thinks was the best left back in MLS - Waylon Francis. good job by Lewis to go for the far post.
That was very smart of Roldan to not touch that on it's way into goal. He may have been in an offside position and it was already going in.
Lewis has the characteristics of a player who'd do well in Europe. He doesn't have to be big for a winger there, and he's fast, good at passing, quite aware, and can cross ok. I'd love if some Dutch team took a chance on him.
Lewis has had 2 very good showings in substitution. One of the only forwards/wingers in this group that has the confidence to face up a defender and make himself threatening.
It's more physically demanding to play swarming, tight defense. Even the best sides will eventually hit a patch of less effectiveness. Players need to know how to handle the pressure and when to capitalize as play permits.