A Little Sugar & Spice

We'll start with the spice.

My beloved Michael Bradley while continuing to be on his game in Holland scored another goal for his team in the latest Eredivisie League.....but it wasn't enough to secure the win as Herenveen lost 2-3. A sad day but they are still sitting in the middle of the table with a lot of games to go. Don't worry MB - I didn't score in my game tonight (but I had two last week!) and we tied a team everyone in the league hates. All that effort for....no goals darnit!

The Sugar
The WNT won again on Sunday morning defeating #12 England in 12 minutes of the second half by a score of 3-0. And while England played better possession the US was able to pull their game together enough to get the win done. Still not a great showing by the US - I know you are saying...but they won 3-0 - what's the problem? Well it could have been anybody's game is the problem. Lucky for the US England couldn't capitalize on anything in the box and their star player was sitting deeper in the midfield than normal for most of the match. Greg Ryan still didn't manage his substitutes well enough IMO and should have made two changes immediately once they went up by 3 in the 70th minute.

The US will be up Thursday morning in a semifinal matchup against Brazil and the FIFA Player of the Year Marta. It will be an interesting matchup as Brazil is an agressive team with a lot of flair. While the US has been able to hold them at bay in previous matches - sometimes looking by the hair of their chinny chin chin. We shall see what happens Thursday as Brazil may just take this one. Otherwise if the Americans advance - they will be facing the former WC champions Germany or Norway - depending on if there is an upset. Good luck to the women regardless - cause if you can't be good - be lucky !