Kudos to USA Women's Soccer Team

[huskeynut]

Now 5 -2 USA!

 

[housekeys]

Good job. World Champions = USA

 

[j66kicker]

Dominant performance!!!!

 

[Kibitzer]

Carli Lloyd is going to be rich soon!

This Lloyd is a jewel!

 

[Hongster]

This Lloyd is a jewel!

Noooooooooooo! Never.

 

[Eskapeesto]

 

[HGN]

Hoorah for the USA.!!

 

[Striper69]

USA kicked BUTT!

 

[VAMike23]

The first 20 (15?) minutes were

I N S A N E ! ! ! !

Like an out of body experience for the fans!! I was pinching myself

Great win !! USA! USA! USA!

As Geno would say, they were really, really, really, REALLY good !!

 

[Eskapeesto]

All the goals:
https://video-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/h...=4090b3e6c6893001bfa7210f82c3774c&oe=559A112F

 

[meyers7]

Very unusual final. Really don't see stuff like this at this level very often. (Men's Germany/Brazil game comes to mind.) After watching the group stages, didn't think USA would get very far. But they really put it together in the knock out rounds. (reminded a bit of the Italians).

Congrats to them. Great game, lots of fun to watch.

 

[lanieer]

Great show at 1 pm as they returned. I need one of those t shirts.

 

[meyers7]

Great show at 1 pm as they returned. I need one of those t shirts.

http://www.worldsoccershop.com/departments-new-arrivals.html

http://www.sportsauthority.com/Fan-...39295-VQ16-c&gclid=CKbtnvWCycYCFUcXHwodXrYM5Q

 

[VAMike23]

 

[Orangutan]

So how soon does Carli Lloyd get the Congressional Medal of Freedom?

 

[iri10]

After watching the group stages, didn't think USA would get very far. But they really put it together in the knock out rounds. (reminded a bit of the Italians).

I don't know much about soccer or this particular WNT, but some people say that the turning point was when yellow card suspensions forced the team to play Morgan Brian starting in the China game. She's just 22 years old, but is thought to be the best of a new breed of...I don't know. "Cerebral" midfielders?

http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/07/06/usa-japan-world-cup-final-morgan-brian-carli-lloyd

Sounds like the US is in good hands in the future.

 

[meyers7]

I don't know much about soccer or this particular WNT, but some people say that the turning point was when yellow card suspensions forced the team to play Morgan Brian starting in the China game. She's just 22 years old, but is thought to be the best of a new breed of...I don't know. "Cerebral" midfielders?

http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2015/07/06/usa-japan-world-cup-final-morgan-brian-carli-lloyd

Sounds like the US is in good hands in the future.

Yea, Ellis had Lloyd playing out of position in a 4-4-2. When she was forced to make adjustments and bring in Brian, they changed formations to a 4-2-3-1 (although some called it a 4-3-3 which it wasn't) and moved Lloyd up further into an attacking position. Things really started clicking then. Also sat Wambach, that helped too, along with Alex Morgan getting better after coming back from injury. All those things really at once.

They are going to need another midfielder though. Cheney (Holiday) is retiring from international duty and I assume Boxx is too. Which leaves us back with basically Brian and Lloyd in the middle.

 

[stamfordhusky]

They are going to need another midfielder though. Cheney (Holiday) is retiring from international duty and I assume Boxx is too. Which leaves us back with basically Brian and Lloyd in the middle.

I was surprised to see Holiday make that announcement, given that she is playing well and is only 27 years old. It wouldn't surprise me to see her reconsider in a year or two.

 

[meyers7]

I was surprised to see Holiday make that announcement, given that she is playing well and is only 27 years old. It wouldn't surprise me to see her reconsider in a year or two.

She just got married a year or two ago (hence some call her Cheney, some Holiday). She wants to start her family. Maybe after a kid or two she'll reconsider??? She's married to Jrue Holiday a PG for the Pelicans, so I imagine they are pretty well set financially. He's been in the NBA for awhile.

 

[Orangutan]

She just got married a year or two ago (hence some call her Cheney, some Holiday). She wants to start her family. Maybe after a kid or two she'll reconsider??? She's married to Jrue Holiday a PG for the Pelicans, so I imagine they are pretty well set financially. He's been in the NBA for awhile.

I had the same thought. She could easily have 1 or 2 kids and make the next world cup cycle.

And (because I was curious myself) Mr. Holiday is set to make $10.6 million this year.

 

[meyers7]

I had the same thought. She could easily have 1 or 2 kids and make the next world cup cycle.

And (because I was curious myself) Mr. Holiday is set to make $10.6 million this year.

On the other hand if he's playing basketball and traveling and she is playing soccer and traveling, they'd have to farm the kids out. I can understand not wanting to do that.

 

[stamfordhusky]

On the other hand if he's playing basketball and traveling and she is playing soccer and traveling, they'd have to farm the kids out. I can understand not wanting to do that.

Yes and no. Some of the USNT women with kids have had nannies and routinely had the kids accompany them to team camps and many of the games. The kids become team mascots - which was true of this year's team (with three players having kids in attendance) and also of the 1999 team with the Fawcett and Overbeck children. The Holiday's can afford a boatload of nannies if she decides she want to play for the national team again.

 

[MilfordHusky]

She just got married a year or two ago (hence some call her Cheney, some Holiday). She wants to start her family. Maybe after a kid or two she'll reconsider??? She's married to Jrue Holiday a PG for the Pelicans, so I imagine they are pretty well set financially. He's been in the NBA for awhile.

They met while at UCLA. I think Geno or his successor should follow follow any female offspring they have, as the parents are uber-athletic.

 

[meyers7]

Yes and no. Some of the USNT women with kids have had nannies and routinely had the kids accompany them to team camps and many of the games. The kids become team mascots - which was true of this year's team (with three players having kids in attendance) and also of the 1999 team with the Fawcett and Overbeck children. The Holiday's can afford a boatload of nannies if she decides she want to play for the national team again.

I agree, but I can understand if she doesn't want to go the nanny route.

 

[stamfordhusky]

I agree, but I can understand if she doesn't want to go the nanny route.

Yes, clearly her choice - but I wouldn't be shocked if she discovers she misses being a part of this team after she has been gone for awhile. It's tough to retire at such a young age - and a number of the people who have tried it have later decided to come back. Many of the players have proven that having a child does not preclude one from playing on the national team - and playing well. If nothing else, she has that to think about if she misses it more than she thought she would.