OT - Women's World Cup: USA vs. Colombia, 8:00pm EDT, FS1

Submitted by Wolverine In Iowa on

Norway just went up 1-0 over England with more than half an hour left.  Winner of USA/Colombia faces China in the quarterfinals on Friday.

I predict Norway 2-0 England, and then USA 4-0 Colombia.  GO USA!!!!

snowcrash

June 22nd, 2015 at 6:44 PM ^

1-0, 4-3, whatever. The US is a much better team than Colombia, but so is France and Colombia squeaked it out against France. They're feisty.

I hope the US wears the blue uniform instead of the idiotic white uniform that looks like New Zealand on acid.

 

M Fanfare

June 22nd, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^

It's true. England is terribly overrated as a World Cup power. Yes, they won in 1966 (when the tournament was in England), but they've only made the semifinal one other time (1990).

Compare that to Brazil (5 wins, 2 final losses, 4 semifinal losses), West Germany/Germany (4 wins, 4 final losses, 5 semifinal losses), Italy (4 wins, 2 final losses, 2 semifinal losses), and France (1 win, 1 final loss, 3 semifinal losses) and England doesn't even belong in the discussion.

Wolverine In Iowa

June 22nd, 2015 at 7:10 PM ^

Starting US line-up:  Solo; Krieger, Johnston, Sauerbrunn, Klingenberg; Heath, Lloyd, Holiday, Rapinoe; Wambach, Morgan

Starting Colombia line-up:  Perez; C. Arias, N. Arias, Clavijo, Velasquez; Gaitan, Montoya, Ospina, Rincon, Andrade; Vidal

bweldon

June 22nd, 2015 at 7:42 PM ^

I see LeRoux as the one who comes in the second half and takes the speed to a next level.  She is so quick that on or 2 balls over the top could lead to easy goals.

 

snowcrash

June 22nd, 2015 at 8:00 PM ^

Poor finisher, but she's big and fast and always gets in the other team's grill. She's perfect for getting behind the defense on the counter when the other team is chasing the game. Wambach is better at breaking down (or going over the top of) a packed defense, but she isn't ideal for 90 minutes anymore. Ideally the US can take a lead and sub LeRoux for Wambach at about the 60 minute mark.

Needs

June 22nd, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^

U.S. already resorting to blasting long balls out of the back. Totally bypassing the central midfield. They look dangerous on set pieces and not much else.