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  • I knew the USWNT was down a starter or two, but I didn't realize they had _four_ starters out. Eesh. With 36% of our starters out, it's starting to make a little more sense to me what happened in Australia.
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    • Question: What are the different organizations and complexes for competitive youth soccer in the Wichita area and how do they stack up against each other?

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      • Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
        I knew the USWNT was down a starter or two, but I didn't realize they had _four_ starters out. Eesh. With 36% of our starters out, it's starting to make a little more sense to me what happened in Australia.
        And to that point as well, they were extremely unlucky to only get four goals out of their 85 shots.





        As much as I want to point to the political stuff, it doesn't seem to have as much to do with their failure as bad luck does. But I'll still enjoy Megan Rapinoe being sad.
        "In God we trust, all others must bring data." - W. Edwards Deming

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        • Ooof, yeah, that is nasty luck. 22 shots to 9 and they are from quality locations. I thought they played Sweden a lot better than they showed against other teams for sure. And the U.S. keeper even got a save in the shootout. It almost never happens that the one keeper that gets a save loses in a shootout. Like ever.
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          • Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post
            Ooof, yeah, that is nasty luck. 22 shots to 9 and they are from quality locations. I thought they played Sweden a lot better than they showed against other teams for sure. And the U.S. keeper even got a save in the shootout. It almost never happens that the one keeper that gets a save loses in a shootout. Like ever.
            The problem is that the assumption in the models is the results wouldn’t be the same. The entire qualifying they struggled to score. They shoot high and hard. Most of the time right at the keeper. 11 games, same results. Not just the World Cup.

            Like USMNT, the US is so focused on developing technically sound players that can juggle 100 times but can’t make a weighted pass into space. Of course that doesn’t matter because they have limited tactical understanding as the game plan is a bunch of short passes building out of the back then a Hail Mary to wingers running straight down the field.

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            • Originally posted by Downtown Shocker Brown View Post
              Of course that doesn’t matter because they have limited tactical understanding as the game plan is a bunch of short passes building out of the back then a Hail Mary to wingers running straight down the field.
              Sounds like old-school EPL itis.
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              • I don’t know how I’d never seen this before, but it was beautiful.
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                • Originally posted by Kel Varnsen View Post


                  I don’t know how I’d never seen this before, but it was beautiful.
                  Ha! I've never seen that either. Good stuff!
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                  • Originally posted by Kung Wu View Post

                    Ha! I've never seen that either. Good stuff!
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                    • KAKE - 2030 Men's FIFA World Cup to be hosted in six countries across three continents to mark 100-year anniversary of first edition

                      The 2030 men’s World Cup will be hosted by six countries in three different continents to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the first edition of the tournament, soccer’s world governing body FIFA announced on Wednesday.

                      Spain, Portugal and Morocco will co-host the tournament, while Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina will all stage an opening match each to mark 100 years since the first World Cup was staged. The 1930 tournament was hosted and won by Uruguay.

                      “In a divided world, FIFA and football are uniting,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. “The FIFA Council, representing the entire world of football, unanimously agreed to celebrate the centenary of the FIFA World Cup, whose first edition was played in Uruguay in 1930, in the most appropriate way.”

                      “The FIFA Council also agreed unanimously that the only bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2030 will be the joint bid of Morocco, Portugal and Spain,” added Infantino.

                      “Two continents – Africa and Europe – united not only in a celebration of football but also in providing unique social and cultural cohesion. What a great message of peace, tolerance and inclusion.
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                      • The Beckham mini-series on Netflix is must watch. Your spouse will enjoy it too!
                        Kung Wu say, man who read woman like book, prefer braille!

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                        • Can T&T hold on for at least 20 more minutes a man down?

                          The Red White & Blue has been all around it but haven’t finished yet.

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                          • Pepi!!!

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                            • Awww I missed it!
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                              • Not often do you see a team down 1-0 or 2-0 time-wasting. That was a sight to be hold, as was the 75% possession we had and the 0 shots on goal we allowed.

                                Not sure how many here see a ton on social media related to the USMNT, but there is so much hand-wringing by the #berhalterout crowd every time something little goes wrong that I genuinely want to see him coach the team for the next 30 years.
                                "In God we trust, all others must bring data." - W. Edwards Deming

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