"You'll go up to a little girl and she'll either look at her mom or her parents will look at me and go 'She looks just like you!' You see their eyes light up..."
@USWNT
's
@_alana_cook
,
@100Purcent
and
@naomi_girma
joined
@briscurry
to discuss why representation matters.
TWO GREATS 🤝
@Kamillascsilva
was brought to tears after her draft night while watching a special personalized message from Brazilian soccer legend,
@martavieiras10
I know player of the match will very likely go to Sophia Smith but can we break the rule once and give an extra one to Vietnam's keeper Trần Thị Kim Thanh
fun fact:
Dawn Staley went to the final 4 a couple times as a player at Virginia and her teammates were Heather and Heidi Burge. the twins that the Disney movie “Double Teamed” was based on
Worth remembering that ESPN has had the rights to the women’s basketball tournament for decades and only now is giving the game the profile, resources and shoulder programming it deserved. Which only hurt its own investment. Remember that when you see the ratings for these games.
Reggae Girlz should be extremely proud of their tournament. 322 minutes without conceding and the first Caribbean nation to make it to a Round of 16 in a men’s or women’s World Cup in 85 years. Let’s hope their federation starts supporting them in the way they deserve
Still trying to wrap my head around how it was illegal for women to play football in Brazil when Formiga was born and she still played in SEVEN Olympics and SEVEN World Cups. There are no WoSo Olympic tournaments without her and only ONE World Cup without her.
Like father, like son 🤝❤️
16 years after Claudio Reyna played in his last FIFA World Cup, Gio Reyna is taking the field at the FIFA World Cup for the
@USMNT
🇺🇸
Coming out of the Olympics, André and I repeatedly asked if lessons were learned and it’s very clear lessons were not learned or even worse, the wrong conclusions were drawn
I knew missing Becky Sauerbrunn would be huge for the US but not this much. The USWNT hasn’t looked comfortable this entire match (or the majority of last match either)
For the first time in history, the Women’s World Cup broke even, having an economic impact of $1.32 billion in Australia, according to Football Australia’s Legacy ‘23 report 💰📈
Adding to the chorus of confusion of why Alana Cook and Ashley Sanchez got no minutes but I am more sad that they didn’t get their World Cup debut. Even if it was just for 1 minute
NEW:
@kimischilling
and I reflected on the
#USWNT
's World Cup showing and the preceding cycle to size up the Vlatko Andonovski era — and what should come next.
I will never be able to understand the squad management at play throughout these four games.
VAR nonsense aside, tbh Wiegman got her tactics + game plan right and the USWNT couldn't really cope with it. She also exposed something a lot of us have been saying for a minute: the midfield is still a huge question mark for the US
I absolutely hate that for Midge, she was going to be on top of the world this year for club and country. I hope she heals fully on her own time table and comes back even better