Carli Lloyd was ticked off after the USWNT 0-0 draw.
The standard of excellence and culture of winning that Lloyd cemented while a star midfielder on the USWNT seems to be a bit lost on this year’s younger group.
Head coach Vlatko Andonovski had a different view on his team’s compete level in his postgame comments.“This team wanted to win this game more than anything else and they’ve put everything they could in preparation for this tournament,”“To question the mentality of this team, to question the willingness to win, to compete … I think it’s insane. I’ve never seen this team step on the field and not try hard and not compete.
Lloyd, who led her team to World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019 and won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, said her former team is walking a “fine line” right now.“There is a difference between confidence and arrogance and I think that that’s a fine line of where is the direction going with that,” Lloyd said. “It’s OK to be confident but you never want to cross that line of being arrogant and this is exactly what can come and bite you.”Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. in action with Portugal’s Dolores Silva.
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