Sauerbraun and Dahlkemper won’t get the recognition, but they are as big a reason why they won as anyone else.
Sauerbraun and Dahlkemper won’t get the recognition, but they are as big a reason why they won as anyone else.
Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
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Chip R (07-08-2019)
Rose Lavelle is my cousin's daughter. The whole family has been nuts over Rose both in the World Cup, as well as through her college and professional career. I think over 100 of us were at the game at Nippert.
As one who does genealogy, I've been connecting with family members far and wide. It's been fun letting them know they're also related to Rose. One second cousin mentioned that she was a distant cousin to Rose and I had to explain that "second cousin, once removed" isn’t that distant. They day of the final, I was in St. Paul and had coffee with a 3rd cousin I'd connected with and his daughter. His parents had actually emigrated from Ireland in the 1950's; his dad being my mom (and Rose's grandpa's 2nd cousin). He asked me to explain to his daughter, herself a college athlete, how she was related - very easy - 4th cousins.
A very distant cousin emailed me to get a breakdown on the ancestry because her son-in-law has the newspaper in Ireland where my great-grandparents came from, interested in doing a story on Rose in the paper. This has been both fun and also very surreal, to say the least.
My own grandson, born on Rose's 21st birthday, is nuts about Rose. He even has an autographed photo signed to "my little cousin."
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With all due respect to Rapino and Morgan, I felt when Lavelle was on the field, she was the best American player. I think Rapino gets a lot of the credit, and deservedly so, for making all the PK's she took, but I don't think she had quite the impact that Lavelle had. Same with Morgan, if you take out the Thailand game, she seem to struggle at times to get going. Although sometimes the hard work a forward puts in to draw penalties and occupy players goes unnoticed. Lavelle had the speed, creativity, and all presence that you see from the stars in the game.
In reality, I think the depth made players like Morgan, Rapino, Heath, Lloyd, and Press pretty interchangeable. I think the most important players to the team were the likes of Lavelle, Dunn, Ohara, and Sauerbrunn.
One think I am interested to see how it plays out is the popularity of the USWNT right now. We see this every WC cycle where there is a ton of interest in woman's soccer only to see it dissipate a few months after the WC. Will someone be able build upon the success?
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Grape works as a soda. Sort of as a gum. I wonder why it doesn't work as a pie. Grape pie? There's no grape pie. - Larry David
Lavelle was fantastic all tournament. She was great going forward and made great decisions and let Ertz sink deep.
I didn’t think Morgan played well at all really. Her passing was just off basically all tournament.
I agree with MWM though that Dahlkemper and Sauerbraun would be my MVPs. It was a dominant defensive performance and I don’t remember they ever being out of position. Even the goal they gave up was a great pass and finish and a bit fluky.
I'm sure they will show them live but people can always watch them when they want to. I didn't get to see much of this year's World Cup because of work and other things. But I watched the final Monday night. If people are interested enough in watching this, they will find a way even if it isn't live.
Don’t think I’ve disliked an athlete as much as Megan Rapinoe in a long time. Horribly arrogant.
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