The article mentions Trinity and says that she was invited to practice with the team. Saying that she is very gifted and will soon be a part of the team but needs time to adapt to National Team Level play without the pressure.akm91 said:
Time to get the next generation ready. A little surprised Morgan not included as she's just 32. Great to see Pugh back in the fold. I'm wondering what's going on with Trinity as she's not named to the squad but she's a very dynamic player.
Heath and Press are both 33 and Morgan is 32, so next Women's World Cup is 2023 meaning they will be 33-34. I think they all will be part of the club for that World Cup, and all 3 still have a lot to offer.ColoradoMooseHerd said:
"Neither Morgan or Rapinoe are on the SheBelieves Cup roster, in addition to the absences of Tobin Heath and Christen Press. Andonovski said those players had been left off to make room for the newer players needing to prove themselves"
We have been saying this on the board for years, but took them losing to finally realizes this would be a good for the program
The point was that we have been saying for years that younger talent should be used in the SheBelieves Cup and other non-Olympic/World Cup events to give them more experience. When they only had the same team over and over again no other talent was being developed for the USWNT. This was being done on purpose, keeping younger talent off and protecting the older players. And it has hurt the development of the National TeamAston94 said:Heath and Press are both 33 and Morgan is 32, so next Women's World Cup is 2023 meaning they will be 33-34. I think they all will be part of the club for that World Cup, and all 3 still have a lot to offer.ColoradoMooseHerd said:
"Neither Morgan or Rapinoe are on the SheBelieves Cup roster, in addition to the absences of Tobin Heath and Christen Press. Andonovski said those players had been left off to make room for the newer players needing to prove themselves"
We have been saying this on the board for years, but took them losing to finally realizes this would be a good for the program
We needed to get past Lloyd and Rapinoe, but I think the three of them should still be part of the plans for the next WC
No, I agree completely. I was just clarifying that I think the three of them will still be a part of the WNT plans. I got the point.ColoradoMooseHerd said:The point was that we have been saying for years that younger talent should be used in the SheBelieves Cup and other non-Olympic/World Cup events to give them more experience. When they only had the same team over and over again no other talent was being developed for the USWNT. This was being done on purpose, keeping younger talent off and protecting the older players. And it has hurt the development of the National TeamAston94 said:Heath and Press are both 33 and Morgan is 32, so next Women's World Cup is 2023 meaning they will be 33-34. I think they all will be part of the club for that World Cup, and all 3 still have a lot to offer.ColoradoMooseHerd said:
"Neither Morgan or Rapinoe are on the SheBelieves Cup roster, in addition to the absences of Tobin Heath and Christen Press. Andonovski said those players had been left off to make room for the newer players needing to prove themselves"
We have been saying this on the board for years, but took them losing to finally realizes this would be a good for the program
We needed to get past Lloyd and Rapinoe, but I think the three of them should still be part of the plans for the next WC
Andonovski has said you need to be playing and in form to be called into the USWNT. Ertz hasn't played at all since the Olympics and for lack of a better word, is basically retired right now. She didn't play for Chicago after the Olympics and they traded her to the new NWSL team in LA in December, but she hasn't signed a contract with them.ShackelfordAg99 said:
What's with the absence of Ertz?
wangus12 said:Andonovski has said you need to be playing and in form to be called into the USWNT. Ertz hasn't played at all since the Olympics and for lack of a better word, is basically retired right now. She didn't play for Chicago after the Olympics and they traded her to the new NWSL team in LA in December, but she hasn't signed a contract with them.ShackelfordAg99 said:
What's with the absence of Ertz?
ShackelfordAg99 said:
Is Horan expected to play the holding MF in Ertz' absence?
I agree with this. They never churned the bottom of the roster to find the best players.ColoradoMooseHerd said:
USWNT must urgently get younger, and Vlatko Andonovski is right to look beyond veterans at SheBelieves Cup (espn.com)
Julie Foudy wrote a piece defending the coaches for picking youth over the veterans. She claims she is writing the piece because of the outpouring of people saying where are the veterans.
Bullsh_t!!!!
She is righting this piece in my opinion to appease the veterans that were left off the roster and are not happy with it and need someone putting their names out there. I really feel that the USWNT did long term damage to the team by only keeping the marquee names for money purposes over developing younger talent for the good of the team. Now you have created personalities that think they are bigger than the team and don't need to compete the same way the did before and have a lack of experience with the replacements coming of age.
The USWNT team has lost it luster as the Team to Beat, no one is going to fear them or just accept the loss anymore. At least for a long time.
Not only an own goal hat trick, but a perfect one at that. Left foot, right foot and head. All in one half. They are calling it an "imperfect hat trick".oragator said:
Meantime, the US beat NZ 5-0 today, but that wasn't the story. A NZ defender gave up three own goals in half. It's apparently some sort of record.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/football-fern-meikayla-moore-scores-three-own-goals-in-usa-defeat/LWEC5FZG4OAUIEFXISN6HRSLCY/
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