WWC19 USA v THAILAND June 11, pre/pbp/post

Match Start Time: 3:00 pm ET (12:00 pm PT)
Place: Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
Local Date & Time: 11 Jun 2019 - 21:00
Time Remaining: Days: 7 Hours: 5 Minutes: 5
Video/TV Stream: https://www.foxsportsgo.com/

Match Link: https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/matches/match/300438226/#match-squadlist
Match Link: https://www.ussoccer.com/competitions/fifa-womens-world-cup-2019/matches/united-states-vs-thailand

 

So I suppose no-one of you US fans is going to post anything in the new shiny World Cup threads that were opened in the Women's International section of BigSoccer? Sniff..

 

Wait WHAT!! There are other sections on BigSoccer besides USA Women: News and Analysis??????

 

Greetings from Paris ​

 

I'm just happy to be in another world cup, following the commentary here. I wish our girls the best.

The field feels very tough this year, but I never would have predicted the last World Cup, in that fashion. So many nations feel on the cusp of breaking through...

But, any negativity I may feel will not manifest itself outside of my own thoughts. I am here to enjoy it all.

Remember, this is the last World Cup the US will participate in until presumably 2023. :/

 

I love how you didn't leave Kling behind.

 

Is this a shot at the USMNT's chances of going to Qatar in 2022? If so I don't disagree. Going forward for the USMNT I'm going to assume they're not going to qualify [except in 2026] so no matter what happens I'm guaranteed to never be disappointed.

 

You go to France and you’re not gonna not bring Klingenberg with you.

 

Is it Tuesday yet? So cruel of them to make this game the very last match of the first round of the group stage...

 

I am really looking forward to Tuesday. There have been several (well two or three) really entertaining matches already in this WWC but there is literally nothing like watching the team you root for play their first match in a WWC, except, maybe, watching them win the final.

I have real questions/concerns about our goalkeeper position but I believe we are OK everywhere else and I doubt that any team we play in the group, except maybe Sweden, will test the keeper at all.

I do have abiding concern though: Does anyone know what color Rapinoe's hair will be this time out? I know it is not really about soccer but my granddaughters are actually arguing about it and I would like to establish a bit of peace over the next two days although how much peace you can get between eleven and thirteen year old sisters is VERY debatable. But, since when they visit they share a room and they will be visiting through the WWC, everyone will sleep better if at least one difference between them can be settled.

 

Pretty sure she'll still be sporting those lovely bubble-gum-colored locks.

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I don't like Rapinoe's pink hair -- but perhaps it's a motivational thing for her.

If you have pink hair, people are going to notice what you do, good or bad. Rapinoe maybe figures the pink hair will motivate her to be better.

She did the same thing when she went blond, mop-top about 8 years ago -- before another WC. And she regained her position as a starter.

Or maybe, pop psychology aside, she just wants attention.....

 

Or maybe, she just wants a change.

I think she attracts enough attention as a player that we will notice if she plays well or not, so let's not spend time trying to analyze her motivation for a change in hair color.

 

I've seen Rapinoe play since when she was in college. She's a show-person, she has fun that way and most fans love it. In college I saw her kick a particularly spectacular goal, a volley into the top left from about 30 yards out. She ran to midfield, turned to the stands, and bowed with a big smile. It was fantastic. That's Megan!

 

Or maybe she’s an adult human who can wear her hair however she wants.

 

Did you see that hair on the Dutch girl? Kick ass.

 

I just learned how to pronounce Reims correctly. The more you know, the more you grow.

I am ready for this game; one more day!

 

I'll assume it doesn't sound like Reems.

 

You would be correct.

 

There was a ruckus at 6 pm local - - 2 blocks from my hotel......pretty sure it wasn’t Bono or Oprah, however, same magnitude

 

Overconfidence can be a killer. We need to learn from what has happened to Australia, Japan, Canada (too close) and some others. We need to go out if at all possible and effectively end the game within the first 20-30 minutes. We cannot let Thailand even have a sniff of possibly making the match close.

No more nice! I want to see the killer attitude we saw out of the '99ers,

Like I used to tell the girls I coached, "Knock 'em down fairly and visit 'em later in the hospital."

 

This match can't start soon enough. I'm tired of waiting.