JP and Wagner stunk ... like out literally out loud. They were caught completely off guard by Ellis' tactics in the tournament and you know how TV people are when they don't see exactly what they expect to see, especially in soccer. God help them if any of them have to figure out their precious narrative on the fly or anything.
On Ertz ... go find some of those possession heat charts the stats nerds love so much. The last three games have looked like doughnuts for the US' opposition because she's been a one woman cold front. You don't notice it much because it's not flashy, but that kind of ground covering allows Mewis and Levelle to play higher and do more damage. And we've seen a lot of Mewis for the Courage so we're not surprised to see her play like that, but for whatever reason the writer types always talked up Horan over her. I think they're so much on the same level that you can just play the one that's sharper on the day. Sammie had a wonderful tournament. Really, shy of Levelle's loose outing against France, they all four were just stupidly good.
And I still wish they'd have brought Zerboni to France instead of Long. No way Long plays any of those three roles at anything like an acceptable level. On the other hand, with O'Hara going out in the Final, I guess Ellis nailed it by bringing Krieger back out of the cold. She was solid on a BIG stage.
On Ertz ... go find some of those possession heat charts the stats nerds love so much. The last three games have looked like doughnuts for the US' opposition because she's been a one woman cold front. You don't notice it much because it's not flashy, but that kind of ground covering allows Mewis and Levelle to play higher and do more damage. And we've seen a lot of Mewis for the Courage so we're not surprised to see her play like that, but for whatever reason the writer types always talked up Horan over her. I think they're so much on the same level that you can just play the one that's sharper on the day. Sammie had a wonderful tournament. Really, shy of Levelle's loose outing against France, they all four were just stupidly good.
And I still wish they'd have brought Zerboni to France instead of Long. No way Long plays any of those three roles at anything like an acceptable level. On the other hand, with O'Hara going out in the Final, I guess Ellis nailed it by bringing Krieger back out of the cold. She was solid on a BIG stage.
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