I mean, you could potentially find out some info about the starting lineup, formation, set plays, portions of your defense they might be trying to attack, etc. But yeah, the likelihood of finding much written down in a format you could use is pretty unlikely. It's not like they would have found video of their training sessions they could have used.
Hopefully the fix isn't in and you don't have to witness the most outrageous referee decision in international soccer history again. At least you don't have to watch Abby Wambach anymore.
I was surprised the handball at ~85' wasn't called, but as the announcers pointed out in real time, her hands were at the side of her body not making her any bigger - in no way was it close to your description. You want consistency, and I can't blame you, but that was well within the error bars of what is sometimes-but-not-always called.
There's a metric fuckton of information a manager and staff will give to players. Yes, in written form.
The "most outrageous referee decision in international soccer history" line was a joke referring back to a pretty epic anti-USWNT/Wambach rant by BCMJY during the last Women's World Cup. Let's just say he was not pleased with the refereeing in the 2012 Olympics semifinal between the USA and Canada.
The bigger surprise here is that she hans't gotten you to switch to rooting for England.
Generally agree with the assessment on her, but I think she's actually done a much better job this tournament of crossing it into the box.
Ah .. memories .. memories ..
Thank you. She's infuriating to watch. I feel like the best use of her teammates' time when she receives the ball would be to reset defensively.
Rapinoe was absolutely not the problem for the US in either of the last two matches, even leaving aside the goals. Yeah, she was beaten for speed by one of the best fullbacks in the game, but that's also not her game. She seemed to take productive dribbles, win one-on-ones, and pick out good passes, some of them even ambitious. I think she's the most aggressive attacking mindset we've got, possibly excepting Lloyd, and we saw that on full display.
I think your assessments of Rapinoe and Heath are purely a projection of their historic selves rather than how they're playing this tournament. I don't disagree with that as their typical scouting reports, but I think you've got some pink (haired) colored glasses for your favorite player.
Heath vs Horan is surely a much closer question than Rapinoe vs "whoever would be our 2nd-best LW".
Because they don't want England to know. You know England spent a lot time on the expected US lineup.
Let's not kid ourselves here. We all know who wears the pants in my household.
