Getting the needed result against Portugal should be doable, but any kind of group-stage jeopardy is new for a team that has romped across the international stage for the last eight years.
So far in this World Cup, the concerns surrounding the U.S. Women’s National Team have not exactly been squashed.
Getting the needed result against Portugal should be doable — the USWNT’s version of a weakened squad did produce a 3-0 win over Vietnam and a 1-1 draw against a strong Netherlands team — but any kind of group-stage jeopardy is new for a team that has romped across the international stage for the last eight years.
Through two games, she’s played just 28 minutes, and probably won’t play much against Portugal, if at all.The U.S., remember, doesn’t just need to win but needs to do so by as big a margin as possible. But that only came after the Dutch controlled the opening 45 minutes, and only produced one goal as a trend of not finishing chances continued.
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