WNT v France, Mar. 6, 2016, pre/pbp/post

61' 0-0 Horan curls past 1 at 32m arc left, hip-checked down. Foul.

62' 0-0 USA fk at 32m arc left, O'Hara dummies over, Brian ground pass to 13m 6-left -- disrupted. France put it into near touch.

62' 0-0 USA left throw-in at arc top, dropped gently over France's perimeter to Morgan momentarily unnoticed at 12m mid-left. Hamraoui comes across, pokes ball hiiiigh to endline and can't keep it in.

63' 0-0 USA left ck, to O'Hara at 14m mid-right. She jukes rightward, hard right roundhouse blast to 2m center, Bouhaddi dives and catches well.

 

67' 0-0 Lloyd long ground pass from behind midfield wide left, Morgan chases inside-out from center and collects behind 2! Morgan turns down box left, challenged well by #19 M'Bock Bathy, turns away. Backpass to Lloyd cutting through box top mid-left, clang to endline midleft. Lloyd chases it down, one-touch cross blocked back along endline left. Morgan fakes like she'll gather it, instead shields and lets it roll over.

69' 0-0 France ping in back vs. USA's high pressure

70' 0-0 USA ping in back. Sauerbrunn outlets to Lloyd, pass pings through box top mid-left, to nobody.

 

Lloyd has had some decent through balls that we haven't capitalized on.

 

Goals hard to come by at this tournament.
Has attendance for today's game been announced?

 

Ten minutes ago was a good time for a sub, but I'd be happy with any time now...

 

75' 0-0 France subs in (1 of 6) #6 Viviane Asseyi for #12 Elodie Thomis.
76' 0-0 France subs in (2 of 6) #11 Claire Lavogez for #14 Louisa Nécib.
77' 0-0 France subs in (3 of 6) #7 Charlotte Bilbault for #23 Kheira Hamraoui.

77' 0-0 Horan collects a bouncing ball at arc top box right, Majri disrupts. Ball pops loose, O'Hara cuts in from right touch, Majri trips her hard. Foul, yellow card on Majri.

78' 0-0 USA fk at arc top box right, cleared to 6m box right, cleared again.
79' 0-0 USA fk at circle top right, Brian square pass to Sauerbrunn.

81' 0-0 USA pass right to O'Hara at 27m box right, Majri pulls her back and down. Foul.
82' 0-0 USA fk at 27m box right, low toward spot, cleared away.

 

So...... why aren't we making any subs?

 

Confusing O'Hara with Pugh. That's new.

 

Ha! I am kind of sorry I missed that one. Otherwise, I am very much enjoying my stream with no commentary, only crowd noise.

 

Jill Ellis fired in 3...........2................1..............

 

Dunn and Press to come on for the final 10 or so...

 

Maybe Whitney Engen will get subbed on in the 91st minute again...

 

I assume I'm having issues with the browser window and audio because of all of the others streams I have open for MLS, basketball, college wrestling, etc, but the audio for this game keeps dropping for me on espn3.

 

I'd really like France to score tbh. US has become way too cocky imo and needs a wakeup call (how many times has Carli claimed she is the best player in the omgworld) and if not for Solo (what will we do when she retires?) this would be done.

 

84' 0-0 USA fk at 15m box right, toward spot, Georges dive-heads away. O'Hara backpass to Sauerbrunn. Chip to 14m mid-right, nobody there, France head away but USA regather at midfield. Delie steals from Brian at circle (their) back! France miss a pass up centerline past Le Sommer. USA ping in the back ...

--' 0-0 USA subs in:
85' (1 of 6) #12 Christen Press for #5 Kelley O'Hara
86' (2 of 6) #16 Crystal Dunn for #22 Lindsey Horan.

86' 0-0 France subs in (4 of 6) #15 Élise Bussaglia for #9 Eugénie Le Sommer.

 

Umm, what formation did we just switch to with those 2 subs? Are we in a 3-5-2?

 

Too little too late from Ellis.

 

Press and Dunn to get a solid 5 minutes.

 

Also, can we try attacking from the left side of the field maybe? Every attack going down the right side is ending before we can get a shot.

 

Okay I changed my mind, this game went from entertaining to really frustrating.


EDIT: disregard what I just said....

 

Well, ok, then. Happy with a goal, but it doesn't feel like a deserved win.

 

Finally

1-0

USA

 

You called it. Here she comes.

 

Same story all over again for France. They don't convert chances early on, and it costs them.
You just had a feeling the U.S. would sneak one in.

 

Look at that.