It was an utter failure of both the coaching staff and program officials, however, that the USWNT had no other options but to move the newly returned Julie Ertz back to a position she hadn’t played with any regularity since 2017 when Becky Sauerbrunn was ruled out with a foot injury. Emily Fox was solid, and Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith showed flashes of the skills that have made them stars in the NWSL. At just 23, and in only her second year with the national team, center back Naomi Girma was probably the Americans’ best player at this World Cup. Yes, the USWNT has some terrific young players who will be cornerstones of this program for the foreseeable future. There’s also no denying the game’s growth is accelerating at warp speed, making the competition tougher than it’s ever been.īut the United States’ sheer size and legacy of Title IX gives the USWNT a wealth of talent no other country can match, and it has to do a better job of using it.
women were caught between generations this cycle after winning back-to-back World Cups. There’s no question the injuries to Mallory Swanson and Catarina Macario devastated this USWNT squad. This debacle isn’t all his fault, though. women didn’t just make an early exit, they failed to reach the semifinals for the first time ever at a World Cup, and it’s hard to see how Andonovski survives that.
OPINION: USWNT might have lost at World Cup, but Megan Rapinoe won a long time agoīut the U.S. Soccer was also noncommittal, saying Monday it will "conduct a review to identify areas of improvement and determine our next steps." But he’s also the first to coach at multiple major tournaments without winning a title, and has come under fire for his reluctance − some say inability − to change his tactics or, during games, his lineup.Īndonovski’s contract is up at the end of the year, and he refused to say Sunday night whether he expected to be back or even if he wanted to return.
Andonovski is well-liked by his players, and he had the best start to his tenure of any USWNT coach. The immediate issue, with the Paris Olympics only a year away, is who coaches this team going forward. "There’s a group of players here that will make a mark in the future." And this experience, I know even though (the World Cup) didn’t end up the way we wanted, it’s a huge experience for some of these young players. "We’ll have lot of experience going into next big tournament. "The future is bright," USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski insisted after Sunday night’s penalty loss to Sweden in the round of 16. Soccer if this four-year cycle that ended without a World Cup or Olympic title is to be a blip rather than the new norm.
Developing talent, integrating new players into the team, the tactics and style of play, even the team’s calendar − all need to be areas of focus for U.S. Nor can it assume all its woes can be fixed with a couple of tweaks here and there and the return of some key injured players. The USWNT is not in a "blow it all up and start over" mode, despite having its worst finish ever at a World Cup or an Olympics.
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women’s latest run of dominance is over, the challenge becomes how to start the next one.
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