00:00 But first, let's talk about the most recent news, which is the United States playing Netherlands
00:08 to a tie.
00:11 And naturally, this is not what people expected.
00:14 If the women who are the favorite or close to the favorite are going to win the Women's
00:18 World Cup, Kyle, I would assume they're going to have to play better.
00:22 But I guess the way that some view it, I guess, this morning is I see that they're saying
00:26 maybe this is a wake-up call for the rest of the tournament or the rest of the Cup.
00:30 I don't know.
00:31 How do you see it?
00:32 Yeah, so there's a lot going on here.
00:36 You could take positives and negatives from this match.
00:40 More negatives than positives.
00:42 This was problematic for the U.S.
00:46 They were abysmal in the first half.
00:50 There's been a lot of criticism of Latko Idanovsky's lineup, from yours truly included.
00:56 And he didn't do much in the second half to change it personnel-wise.
01:01 It was a bit of a stubborn approach to this match, if you will.
01:07 So it will be really interesting to see in the third game against Portugal how he trots
01:12 out his lineup, because there were some questions about this.
01:16 He started the exact same lineup as he did against Vietnam.
01:19 The lineup against Vietnam could be easily explained as, well, it's Vietnam.
01:24 There were some injury issues from players recovering.
01:26 Rose Lavelle in particular did not start the game against Vietnam.
01:30 She's not injured anymore, but she's still working her way back to full 90-minute fitness
01:34 from her injury.
01:35 So the thought was, okay, she played, I think it was, 30 minutes against Vietnam.
01:41 She'll be ready to play a full match against the Netherlands.
01:44 They trotted her out for media opportunities before the Netherlands game, which is almost
01:49 always an indication of the player being able to start that game.
01:53 If they come out for the press conference or things like that, usually they're going
01:57 to be involved heavily in the game.
01:59 Well she didn't start.
02:01 And also Vladko started Julie Ertz at center back, which is exactly what he did against
02:06 Vietnam.
02:07 Ertz is not a natural center back.
02:09 Alana Cook is that natural center back for that position.
02:12 Ertz is a defensive midfielder.
02:14 Julie Ertz is the emergency option at center back.
02:18 So anyways, all these lineup issues, it looked awful in the first half.
02:22 He brought Rose LaVelle on.
02:24 They looked better in the second half.
02:27 The positive spin of this is the Netherlands is very good.
02:30 They're ranked number nine in the world.
02:33 And the US on the whole, if you look statistically, dominated the game.
02:38 Even in the first half when the US was very, very bad, the Netherlands only had one shot
02:42 the whole half.
02:44 In the second half, the US pummeled the Dutch.
02:47 They got their equalizing goal and they had the final 20 minutes were in complete control.
02:52 So even when they didn't have their best stuff, they mustered out a draw with the number nine
02:56 team in the world and managed to dominate really the second half.
03:01 But overall, the Dutch only had five shots the whole game.
03:04 So there are some positives to be taken from this game.
03:06 You look at like a starting pitcher, you don't have your best stuff.
03:08 You still managed to grind out a quality start.
03:11 Same kind of concept here for the US.
03:14 It's not the best result of all time, but there are some positives to be taken here.
03:19 They are still the tournament favorites if Vlad Kozlovski can sort out his lineup.
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