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Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes
unbelievable game. they just stopped playing once they got a lead. when you are up 1 the idea is to play like you're down 1. Japan had a lot of chances to tie before they did both times they were down. Glad i watched the game instead of getting slapped around like i did on Saturday.(thank God for Havelock
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Seems like all teams play the same way, when they are up a goal they retreat into defense mode, reminds me of the NFL prevent victory defenses. As long as the US kept the pressure on, they were the superior team but once they gave the Japanese girls space to employ their passing game...that changed. The US could have scored 3-4 goals early but just simply couldn't convert good opportunities. It was a great final and neither team really deserved to lose, if the US was to be beat, I'm glad it was Japan.