#cwoq

always together 😍

Press and Horan are the uswnt leasing goal scorers for this tournament so far. Yes, this an important game, but Canada is almost surely going to be the harder opponent on Sunday, and we want to win that too. Vlatko is saving them for that game. He wants them to kick Canada's behind, and also see how well they perform at their best (not playing a full 90 two days before) against a more challenging opponent.

ALSO, on the flip side, this game is so, so important. We win, or we don't go to the Olympics. This lineup is essentially the WC starters. Actually, it is the same lineup as the final, except Carli in for Alex. Vlatko is being safe, not overconfident, to make absolutely sure we win this game.

Sooo apparently the CONCACAF Youtube channel stream the games live (at least in Europe). Seems like I’m gonna be able to watch this game without having to refresh the page every 5min YEAH !!!

Alarm’s set for 2:30am !!! Here it comes :D

01.31.2020

The previous game on the 28th against Haiti was rough. We got the W, but the first half was poor. The team wasn't moving well. There were some small questions on how dominat the USWNT would be the rest of this tournament.

The starting XI this game was almost none of our regular starters, except for Megan Rapinoe and Lindsey Horan. It worked like magic though. We have an amazing, depth filled roster.

FINAL SCORE:

🇺🇲 USA 8 - 0 PAN 🇵🇦

Things I loved about this game:

-Lynn Williams and Andi Sullivan showed why they deserve to be there. I love them.

-The most fire midfield all 25 or under

-And Julie Ertz wasn't even in there so we still have her ALSO

-CAPTAIN BECKY SAUERBRUNN

-Christen Press 3 goals in 3 games

-Tobin Heath only in for 20 minutes and still scores. Oh and she wasn't even looking at the goal. Who is she.

-LINDSEY HORAN HATTY. ITS WHAT SHE DESERVES. THE GREAT HORAN.

-I think Carlos was only mentioned once the whole broadcast

-The whole defense was insane. Ashlyn didn't have to make a single save the whole entire game.

-Anytime Panama had the ball, the USWNT just took it back immediately. It was actually to the point where it was almost comical.

-USWNT is BACK baby. 2020 is the year the world cup/olympic curse is broken. I feel it in my bones.

-oh and Texas showed up. Stadium had a lot of people and were LOUD 🇺🇲.

Things I didn't love:

-Yenith Bailey (PAN) took a hard knock to the head with Jmac. Had to leave the game ☹️

-Jmac boofed a lot of shots. Though she stayed in all 90, I can't help but think the knock with Yenith may have contributed to this.

- Rose couldn't finish either. Still better than Tuesday cause she did contribute to the 🔥🔥🔥 midfield. She's also fighting a wrist injury too.

2.09.2020

Final Score:

🇺🇲 USA 3 - 0 CAN 🇨🇦

GAME THOUGHTS:

-The Canadian defense was really, really good in the first 60 minutes

-They caused a lot of problems for Williams and McDonald

-Christen had a rocket from about 1/3 down the field that nearly went in. At first we all thought it just barely hit the cross bar, but watching it again I think Labbé got a finger on it.

-Still, INCHES, literally inches from what would gave been goal of the tournament (goal of the tournament is still Press' so 🤷‍♀️)

-also Labbé very much deserves the golden glove for that

-USA kept pressing (lol) and eventually the Canadians just lost energy. They actually had more possesion during the game, but it was a lot of defensive work playing keep away from the US.

-Williams scored the game winning goal and a sigh of relief went through all of us (pls bring her to the olys)

-IMO the game got less interesting after this. Canada didn't really have any good responses to the first goal.

-only good chance by Canada was in the first half, which Naeher made a neat save on.

-after falling behind, they tried to change their formation to be more aggressive. Without the 5 person backline, it just made it easier for USA to get through though.

-The Williams assisted Rapinoe goal was a thing of beauty. Executed flawlessly (chef's kiss)

-At one point sonnet fell head over heels for absolutely no reason at all. Neither the ball or any other player were anywhere near her lol.

-Forward Kelley O'Hara??? That was awesome. She looked like she was enjoying herself out there.

-Sinc elbowed Krieger, but all in all it was a lot less physical than I expected the Canadians to be.

-Some people said Sinc was acting her injury but idk it looked like after she elbowed Krieger than fell and hit her head on the ground.

-PRESS GOLDEN BALL honestly I'm so glad she's getting the opportunity to show her skills and the recognition of her immpresive performances.

-the video of her giving the trophy to her dad brb I'm tearbending