The Burdened
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He's okay. He sent out a veteran team out there. Tactics also questionable. But it was his first tournament.Not sure the American coach is any good.
On a related note, Herdman with this Canadian women’s team would be pretty amazing. Can’t complain too much though considering all the good work he’s done with the men’s team.He's okay. He sent out a veteran team out there. Tactics also questionable. But it was his first tournament.
On a related note, Herdman with this Canadian women’s team would be pretty amazing. Can’t complain too much though considering all the good work he’s done with the men’s team.
Not sure the American coach is any good.
He’s got a lifetime gig in Canadian soccer if he wants it. They’ll probably offer him an executive position or director of player development in a few years.Herdman seems to have a way of inspiring his players no matter the gender. I feel like the women still carry on that culture that he left behind.
Now you see it with the men. I have heard multiple times recently where the guys calling each other brothers, and that its a brotherhood. Those guys have each other's back, and don't take any shenanigans from the opposition lightly. You never got that feeling with the men's team before.
I can listen to a 1 minute interview of herdman, and even I get inspired that I can do anything lol.
This is why management shouldn’t always listen to the players on everything lol.Apparently he's the one the players wanted as the coach.
In addition to the US team needing a rebuild bad, they looked tactically far worse than two years ago at the WC. In general, in needs to be said that the quality of the games has been far inferior to that tournaments. Whether it's players getting old, coaching changes and teams playing more defensively., conditions causing issues, it just hasn't been as entertaining.
This is why management shouldn’t always listen to the players on everything lol.
I think it’s just more teams being more tactically advanced (AKA organized park the bus tactics) and having better quality of players available to execute those tactics successfully.
He’s got a lifetime gig in Canadian soccer if he wants it. They’ll probably offer him an executive position or director of player development in a few years.
The Australia Sweden game is the same thing. Sweden and Canada both sitting at 40% possession.I'm not sure if Evilo's been watching the women's tournament but I can guess he wouldn't have enjoyed it.
Almost certainly was a driver. I think they were going to do it eventually regardless, but once other federations expressed interest in him they didn’t want to risk waiting.There were rumblings that the English National Team wanted him a few years ago when he was still with the Canadian Women's program. I wonder what kept him around at that point, and whether that was one of the drivers to offer him the Men's position.
US Bias aside the rest of the world has clearly caught up to the US. The US were lucky to win their women's world cup but France, Germany, England, Netherlands, Brazil, Australia, Sweden and Canada all have proper good sides ready to challenge. The US has also lost to France and now Canada and Sweden so things aren't as automatic for the US as they were in years past. The last WWC was a great indicator of that as the aging US core was able to eke out a trophy against a competitive field.
Now is the time for the US to transition to a younger generation and I'm eager to see what they have to offer.
I think the US still far and away has the best attacking talent in the world, and by a significant margin.US Bias aside the rest of the world has clearly caught up to the US. The US were lucky to win their women's world cup but France, Germany, England, Netherlands, Brazil, Australia, Sweden and Canada all have proper good sides ready to challenge. The US has also lost to France and now Canada and Sweden so things aren't as automatic for the US as they were in years past. The last WWC was a great indicator of that as the aging US core was able to eke out a trophy against a competitive field.
Now is the time for the US to transition to a younger generation and I'm eager to see what they have to offer.
I don't think they played any. Maybe Lynn Williams but I don't know how old she is.Congrats to Canada! Hope you win the gold.
USWNT needs to get younger. How many players under 25 are they playing?
Meh, not a single American player argued the call. Davidson looked guilty as hell afterwards too.That penalty was a terrible call.