World Cup: USA vs France thread

[Phoenix]

Go USA! Go USA! Go USA!

I plan to try to watch as much as I can from work using the wonderful and outstanding services of fromsportcom.com

 

[Phoenix]

Hope Solo's 100th start for the US? Is that what I heard?

 

[CowboyDan]

Let's Go Ladies!

 

[Phoenix]

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!

 

[nyc-cowboy]

Great touch - that back heal touch started it all.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[nyc-cowboy]

France is putting a lot of pressure on the ball - US got to widen the game - make em run, they can't bunch up.

 

[Phoenix]

Wow, two nice back to back saves by Hope!

 

[Phoenix]

Goodness. Off the crossbar! France almost scored. Stupid Eurosport TV commentator: "Would have been great if that had gone in"

 

[nyc-cowboy]

France is attacking like crazy - we look to slow to the ball - we better wake up.

 

[Phoenix]

USA had two scoring chances, blew them both. But France is controlling most of this match...everything but the score

 

[Phoenix]

Half time. USA 1 France 0

 

[Phoenix]

three minutes in to 2nd half: USA keeps just turning the ball over and over and over this match.

 

[Phoenix]

France scored

Tied 1-1

Wicked bounce of the ball in front of a leaping Hope Solo...she couldn't get to it

 

[yimyammer]

US legs are dead

 

[Phoenix]

Eurosport TV commentators (they're British) keep saying that the Brazil game obviously took too much out of the Americans...they are really sluggish, etc.

 

[nyc-cowboy]

I don't know what the coach is waiting for to make some substitutions - anyone can see the French are out running us - our girls looked gassed.

No way we win without some subs - we can't even string more than 2 passes together.

 

[Phoenix]

It is puzzling!

 

[Phoenix]

Brits giving US coach props for the change to a 4-3-3 attack / defense

 

[nyc-cowboy]

If we don't get 2 fresh girls in there we lose - its simple as that - tired players make dumb mistakes and we are doing that.

 

[Phoenix]

Brit commentators thought that was a foul on the French...they guy said, "You almost have to assault somebody to get a free kick out of that referee..."