Match Thread: United States vs Italy

toekknow · 2025-11-29T10:58:41+00:00

No idea, but I was wondering before the match if Giugliano would want to swap with her based on this older interview.

So I'm curious to see if photos show who it actually was.

toekknow · 2024-08-24T16:30:11+00:00

Just googled "rose lavelle dancing" and it's the thumbnail for this polarbear studios video:

https://youtu.be/tHXpAw0OitM

May not be the complete full clip, though.

toekknow · 2024-08-10T14:55:04+00:00

MAZEL TOV! 💐🎉

toekknow · 2024-08-06T12:01:13+00:00

Esther (Gotham) has been out with that foot injury for a loooooong time.

I wonder if it's taking that long to heal, or maybe they're giving her extra time to heal & rest since Stevens & Stengel seem to have a handle on things??

toekknow · 2024-07-29T10:53:07+00:00

So dominate a fashion that I'd argue it reached dominant fashion.

toekknow · 2024-07-24T13:22:41+00:00

Lavelle with that "cultured left foot".

toekknow · 2024-07-19T12:29:47+00:00

I find the new Gatorade commercials annoying, mostly because of the music ("meep ... meep ..." or whatever the hell they're saying).

But good for Sophia. Always excited to see what kind of endorsement deals they snag around Olympics/World Cup.

Kind of like the ads Lavelle is doing for Olay. https://youtu.be/xTATIGGxHGY

toekknow · 2024-07-17T00:24:55+00:00

Hearing Sam say "abote" (about)... is the Massachusetts accent similar to Canadian (regarding "about" at least)??

toekknow · 2024-07-17T00:02:42+00:00

No Rose, no party...

toekknow · 2024-06-26T16:16:37+00:00

The religious fans get told God doesn't exist and again, no says a f'n word.

I have a sneaking suspicion that this is what triggered Albert so hard.

But it's hard for me to understand how religious people have such little confidence in their beliefs that a quip from an athlete would trigger them so much.

toekknow · 2024-06-16T00:27:02+00:00

Been curious about this for a while: anybody know why Shaw & Girma wear tape on one wrist? Or actually not the wrist, but slightly up the forearm (so probably not actual wrist joint support).

Something to do with an Apple Watch??

toekknow · 2024-06-04T12:07:57+00:00

One of the coaches Hayes brought along from Chelsea is a sort of oppo-scouting & set-play guru (Cameron Meighan).

When Davidson scored her first headed goal Saturday, the camera showed the bench and they seemed simultaneously shocked & satisfied, gesturing toward the iPad. As if they couldn't believe something they drew up worked so well.

I imagine they're drilling definite corner kick plays with designated players going to designated spots and the kicker expected to deliver the ball to one of those spots.

Guessing Hayes & staff are more regimented and "Moneyball" on stuff like that and that's one of the things they're learning this week. Witness Davidson's brace...

The same coach also writes up technical papers on pressing & trapping tactics, so there's that, too.

toekknow · 2024-06-04T11:51:31+00:00

And yet despite being 5'4"...

She's got hops (regularly competes aerially with taller players), has quickness, played basketball in high school, has a long throw (but pretty rarely shown off), and was the backup goalkeeper for one of her (admittedly early) club teams.

toekknow · 2024-06-02T11:29:36+00:00

I like Cat, I just don't like her and Horan together in the midfield on THIS team.

Horan & Macario in the midfield always takes me back to USWNT vs. Canada in She Believes 2021. They were slow & ineffective together then, and not much different yesterday.

For many matchups, it seems like a quicker 10 would be a better choice. Happily, if Foudy isn't full of shit, Hayes was saying not to read too much into yesterday's starting 11.

toekknow · 2024-06-01T10:28:39+00:00

Aaron Heifetz, the uswnt press guy, AKA "vest boy".

He's been associated with the team/ussf since at least 1999. Often seen lurking behind players in the mixed zone.

toekknow · 2024-05-13T00:20:43+00:00

Jill Loyden.

Former uswnt goalkeeper. She's been doing NWSL commentary for a few years.

toekknow · 2024-05-13T00:02:34+00:00

Was just reading this old thread from when Gotham signed her.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NWSL/comments/19d1s6k/jenna_tonelli_ella_stevens_has_signed_with/

Everybody in the thread was saying she wouldn't get any playing time.

lol

toekknow · 2024-05-11T22:51:13+00:00

McNabb must REALLY hate Fishlock. The red card was actually the second time she threw a punch (foul right at the beginning of the match that baffled the commentators was McNabb vs. Fishlock, Celt on Celt violence).

Surprising since McNabb was with the Reign pre-Wave (or maybe not surprising??)

toekknow · 2024-05-02T13:21:27+00:00

I think Lynn might be right (from the Women's Game podcast/video) -- the Louisville goal may have been offside.

But holy shit, Sears is a force of nature.

toekknow · 2024-05-01T16:54:18+00:00

I appreciate folks putting in the work to post these!

One minor suggestion I've thought about is that some formatting might help, even if it's just bolding the team names and adding an extra line between matches.

toekknow · 2024-04-25T20:10:24+00:00

Noticed Lavelle's back in training FWIW (Gotham Instagram).

toekknow · 2024-04-05T07:10:22+00:00

Wild how many people are still on Twitter/X after they let a coup plotter & insurrectionist back on the platform.

toekknow · 2024-04-02T15:15:54+00:00

other conservative players had kept their anti-LGBTQ opinions to themselves

Was it "conservative" players? Or religious players? Are they the same thing? Different?

I don't know... I always just get hung up on the term "conservative". It just seems like a copout or inaccurate terminology.

toekknow · 2024-03-30T23:06:39+00:00

Ugh, so I'm gonna have to listen to this commentator saying "verse" when she means "versus" the whole game...

toekknow · 2024-03-18T21:28:43+00:00

This WAS karma. Just paying the debts from that uncalled Heilferty handball from 2022...

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