Slip-ups happen, even for the serious contenders trying to win the Women's World Cup. But the USWNT performances have been more troubling than the results. It’s partly about individuals. But it’s also about identity, writes Zonal_Marking.
, but the scale of their underperformance in the group stage was quite striking. The 3-0 win over Vietnam wasn’t as easy as anticipated, while the games against the Netherlands and Portugal have brought two draws, 1-1 and 0-0.Slip-ups happen, even for the serious contenders to win this competition. Germany lost to Colombia, France couldn’t beat Jamaica. Australia and England needed a penalty to defeat Ireland and Haiti respectively. But the U.S.
At the moment, you can reasonably put together a World Best XI without a single USWNT player, for probably the first time since the Women’s World Cup was created in 1991. That doesn’t mean the U.S. can’t win the tournament, but it does mean they have to play more collectively. Their attacking game has been largely based around getting the ball out wide to Smith and Rodman or Thompson, and expecting them to thrive in one-against-one situations. It worked against Vietnam but, to be frank, it hasn’t worked against defenders who are actually professional footballers.
The man who coached the U.S. to their first Women’s World Cup triumph, Anson Dorrance in 1991, once explained the footballing style of the side. “What we had an opportunity to do, which was unique, was developing our game within the sort of cultural and athletic mores of the United States,” he said, quoted in Kieran Theivam and Jeff Kassouf’s book, The Making of the Women’s World Cup. “I was coaching entirely within the parameters of our own culture.
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