🇺🇸 USWNT WINS GOLD 🇺🇸 | Paris 2024 Olympics Women's Football | USA 1 Brazil 0
Вставка
- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- 🇺🇸 USWNT WINS GOLD 🇺🇸 | Paris 2024 Olympics Women's Football | USA 1 Brazil 0
Hey! Did ya hear?
The USWNT defeated Brazil 1-0 to win the Gold Medal in the 2024 Olympics.
We talked about that football match. Brazil was fast, smart, and aggressive early. The USA's defense and goalkeeping held up. It was entertaining.
We also talked about hydration breaks, who played "the better match," a bright future for Brazil and USWNT, and so much more.
Toward the end of the show: Germany upset Spain to win the Bronze Medal. How the hell about that?
Immense thanks to everyone who's watched the show throughout this tournament. We greatly appreciate the comments and conversations we've had with all of you, and we look forward to more!
Subscribe now to catch all of our women's football talk, including our ongoing coverage of the NWSL and the upcoming UEFA Women’s Champions League.
Find INTO THE CHANNEL on:
X/TWITTER: / itc_pod
INSTAGRAM: / intothechannelpod
THREADS: www.threads.ne...
TIKTOK: / intothechannel
SPOTIFY: open.spotify.c...
APPLE PODCASTS: podcasts.apple...
Man, what an Accurate prediction !! You were correct with the SCORE, the SCORER, and I'll give you the TIME too !!
I appreciate that. Ya know, every once in a while I'm able to get something right! Thanks for rocking with us.
“Nobody hydrates like the US.” Word.😂
The front line and the back line are solid. The midfield needs work but we need to remember that they played without Cat, who is Emma’s preferred 10. Lilly is already the best US 8 and she is only 16. Shaw can be frontline depth but she also might be a better 10 than Cat, and Croix is the next gen Lavelle. Despite her mistake on social media, Albert scored on a rocket and had the assist they led to the goal-medal goal; she is as a pretty darned goo box-to-box mid for a a 20 year old (do I have that right?). Our midfield is gonna be amazing by the time we play our next tournament. The future under Hayes- who has barely had a chance to coach the team yet but has given them enormous confidence - is awesome.
Shaw is not on the same level as Cat. Not even close. How soon we forget Cat is truly world elite, especially once fully fit.
Albert was named player of the final game by absolutely all the specialized sites and this young woman is only 30% away from showing what she can do because the others in the uswnst do not know how to play like her and with She.
Albert is a tiki taka player like those of the Barça team (quick passing and possession) and for this you need superior technique and knowing how to play with both feet.
Otherwise, I also think that Albert probably has the best long-distance shot in women's football today (see his goals at Notre Dame, PSG and the one in uswnst) on both the left and right feet.
It is a shame that too often Smith, Swanson and Rodman forget to cross back for Albert otherwise she would be an ultimate weapon with her shooting quality.
From what I know, Emma Hayes wants to rebuild the team around Albert and give him the keys to the team for years to come..
Excellent post on Albert. Thank you for sharing. Emma wants the team to move the ball faster. I thought Fox- Rose- Rodman did that great at times. Albert to Swanson for the gold was Busquets level quick decision making by Albert.
I love that women’s football is where we see actual global equality. It’s friggin amazing. Japan, Brazil, USA, Germany, Spain, England, France, Colombia, Canada, Sweden, Nederland, LFG!!!
Thanks for recognizing that US were better team though slightly. Really pissed me off seeing people online being so negative. Didn't they see the tactical changes Hayes made at halftime & players executing it almost perfectly? Only dangerous Brazil chance was the big Naeher save at the end. Whereas right from the start of the 2nd half, we defended well & even started creating chances before the goal.
About Girma & Fox, who have been amazing defenders this tournament, getting cooked in the 1st half, it's not entirely due to fatigue. They are young defenders who've not come up against many saucy creative Brazilian attackers before. This is a learning experience for them. They became better throughout the match & this experience will help them when they face such attackers in the future.
Being a Chelsea fan, while Emma wants us to posses the ball more, she's not wedded to any particular style of play. She's practical and sets up her teams to win. She can play a low/mid block counterattack/direct way to possession heavy depending on the opposition from Spain to Zambia or mix or even change it mid match or mid half. She's also not afraid to make subs sometimes even the 1st half. She also rotates starters a lot. She's just arrived. She did as little as possible in terms of tactics without overwhelming the players & player identification to set us up for wins. Give her time to get to know the player pool, & we may get full Chelsea experience.
Thanks for the entertaining podcast as always guys!
Great point on Girma and Fox's trouble with the Brazilian attackers being less about fatigue and more about style. That makes the most sense because they were able to improve as the match went on.
And we are certainly hoping for some of that Chelsea experience with this team. If she can make this kind of impact after just joining, it's only natural that the entire fanbase gets excited for the future.
Thanks for the thoughtful commentary and checking out the show! I want to shout you out on the next episode, if that's OK with you. How should I pronounce your name?
@@IntoTheChannelPod Sure. You can use Alok. Thanks for asking.
Hi, Brazilian here! loving this podcast 🇧🇷 very happy with our performance this match.
It was the first time Arthur Elias coached a big worldwide tournament in his career, but he’s the most successful footfem coach in brazil right now. Still, we weren’t sure he could take us to finals, the guy’s crazy!! He switches everyone around basically every match and the decision on which players to take to the Olympics was VERY controversial.
AMAZING result though, simply incredible! In the end, not having Kerolin (FWD) in the final match and going against Emma Hayes, who’s one of the best coaches in the world really did us in.
Very exciting match and I’m very proud of the 🇧🇷 team! BRA Women’s Football team is alive again, thank god, and just in time to host the world cup!!
Another thing is: Ludmilla is known for being fast, but not for getting the ball in the net 😭 lmao
She’s bad at finishing, Gabi Portilho wasn’t having the best day and couldn’t win one on one, so Ludmilla had to take the shots, which is not her strong suit, it’s Portilho’s and Kerolin’s, who was injured.
Arthur’s biggest tactic was getting the first few goals in right at the beginning, like with Spain, then changing the team around from offense to defense hold the score.
That’s my perception from what I know and I think it would’ve 100% worked had we had an uninjured Kerolin and Gabi in a better day.
Congrats to Brazil, a silver medal is a huge accomplishment and even more so when they weren't even expected to medal. Excited to see what this team can do in the future and especially as the next World Cup hosts.
@@philipsullivan4885 Most of our players don’t play on internationally known teams, so we hope they get offers!
Lorena is one of the best goalkeepers of any gender in Brazil right now. Apparently, there’s an offer on the table right now for her, I hope the local team reinvests that money in the Women’s side and doesn’t reallocate the funds to men’s side of the club 😥 Brazil has a BIG problem with that.
We hope they get signed off to european teams so they can get better coaching and conditioning in the meantime. That’s what really gonna determine if we’re gonna make it far in the World Cup to be honest.
Women’s football in Brazil isn’t taken seriously apart from 1 club, they can’t stay here if we’re gonna win the WWC. 😢
@@philipsullivan4885thank you! congrats to all of three of us repeating this podium for a third time 😂
always nice to meet the best of the best in the finals!!
It definitely looks like you have a winner guiding the team with Elias. From the Gold Cup to this tournament, he's made some great decisions. Totally agree with your point about Kerolin, too. With her fully healthy, defenses have a whole new set of problems to worry about. Thanks so much for checking out the show and sharing your knowledge, Júlia. We appreciate it!
Girma or Naeher was the POTT, but Fox or Dunn was the unsung hero of the tournament.
26:06 Spot on. Moving forward, we don't know what to expect. There is a pool of 5-6 teams with a good chance of beating everyone else.
For sure. All the major tournaments are lining up to be bangers. What a great time for the sport.
Brazil def CAME FOR the US. But that double pivot was a good call. Brazil was in like a 2-1-8 or something nuts (Brazil nuts), like how did they have so much up front? They were rocking, but honestly, the US (Uncle) weathered their storm. I was pretty down on our performance in the 1st half when I watched live. But on the re watch we weren’t as bad as I thought and Brazil wasn’t as good as I remembered. Brazil was better in the first half, but not by the lightyears I imagined. Hayes did a good job of managing what they were bringing.
Great discussion. I think we all wrote the US off last year, even though it was obvious the coaching was a problem.
how nice to see two teams who got written off in the final!! ❤
Smart Coach Hayes. Left Morgan home, added Korbin Albert ✝️, benched Lavelle.🇺🇸 makes gold and #1 in FIFA rankings. 🥇🏆
No, if we go strictly by the book it was not offside.
Sophia Smith's run toward the ball did look like she was about to take control of it, but the rules are that you must play to the whistle (even if you suspect offside). In other words, Brazil was not entitled to slow down to protest, not even momentarily, so it was their mistake and theirs alone.
In boxing the referee says you must protect yourself at all times and in football the rule is that you play to the whistle.
That said, even if we put the rules to one side, Smith and Swanson already had the run on the back line. Brazil's defence could not have caught up no how.
Spain is still really new to the scene. They still haven't beaten Germany in a match. I just watched a preseason game between Hoffenheim and Barcelona where Barca won 5 to 1. They don't even need the Spanish national team players to be above average. They had a frontline of Rolfo Pajor and Grahhm-Hansen, Brugtr and Bruna at fullback, Weir and Pina in the midfield. Engen. And Leon. As defensive backs. There were only two unknown players. USA plays Spain in the under 20s in September. USA is loaded with 4 starters in the NWSL.
Spain are FIFA and UEFA Champions in ALL AGE GROUPS
(except UEFA seniors which should be sorted shortly).
The new era has already started and it belongs to Spain.
There was burn out at the end of a long year -- it happens.
I needed to take a minute to wrap my mind around the fact that this was Spain's first Olympics. I think it's fair to call them new to the scene. It's a great point that Barca can still smash teams without many of the starters from the Spanish national team. That's a scary sight for UWCL clubs.
MLS -- I think you're right that the start of this era definitely belongs to Spain with the titles across age groups. But I think it's fair to say that the major senior trophies are what truly define the eras, so the Euros and next World Cup are going to go a long way there. And you know we love the confidence in your country, so go ahead and talk your talk about the next Euros. Hopefully we'll see you out there next year!
@@IntoTheChannelPod
It's not my country but it is my club and it is the backbone of Spain.
My issue was with the overstatement over an Olympic Games win and the statement about depth and youth of the talent pool.
Clearly, the record for Spain has something to say about that, and it's worth checking the age of Aitana, Mariona, Salma and Ona; even Alexia is barely 30.
Spain might have had a younger team at the Olympics than the USA -- I didn't check, but it's probably easy to do.
Spain looked worn out from the first match and got progressively worse, so I wouldn't be too harsh on the World Champions, after all, most of them just came off of winning the Nations League and the WCL against Lyon.
Objectively, (I know that's ironic) I agree with Lyndsey Horan post match that there wasn't much football played in the Final,
and we know that a fit Barca/Spain usually make a specialty of playing football when everyone wants to play rugby -
something they weren't up to on the day against Brazil.
Hence, I'm not ready to concede the era quite yet: Vicky Lopez and Claudia Pina haven't even had a run out.
Sadly, we may be back to the USA pounding Iceland and Uzbekistan out of season in Portland and Washington while Spain take on Sweden and the Netherlands in the Nations' League until the next World Cup,
but I hope Emma Hayes shows a bit more courage and adventure than that.
Yeah, Brazil going forward is scary.
VAR got back with a decision on the goal pretty quickly. I thought the Duane play in the box looked like a penalty but on replay looked like both ran into each other, but if that was Alex Morgan who was ran into, would they have called it??? I wonder. I thought there were several calls that went the U.S.'s way to the point I was wondering if there was maybe some Bias.
Better team? Brazil 1st half, U.S. was better in the 2nd half. It seemed throughout all the games the refs were as they say "letting them play".
Marta complained about that after the game. Said sometimes we play against our opponents and the referees. I think she feels like some calls were made to favor the US team, and considering her extensive experience, I tend to consider it might have some truth to it? Yikes 😭
@@juliarangelr And in fairness, I saw a lot of penalties that should have been called in the US team's favor throughout the tournament that weren't being called. I think the refs let some pretty hard play result. Germany for instance tried to beat up on the U.S. due to not having 3 of, it's top players unavailable being injured or sick. I didn't mind the refs, as long as it's equal for both teams.
@@barryfisher4734Brazil had a SERIOUS problem with the ref in the match against France, so I think BRA team came in to the final already choked up on that, honestly.
I did think the ref for the final was the most professional ref we had in a while, although there were fouls on Ludmilla that should’ve been called and weren’t. That’s gonna happen, though.
I’m not one to complain about refs tbh, I think it is what it is, but it did strike me as odd to have Marta say it so openly, she usually doesn’t.
About the penalty foul on Portilho having been a miss on the VAR part is pretty much consensus over here. Better practice would’ve been to call the referee to check for herself and make 100% sure.
All in all, the US was technically the better team and Brazil wasn’t able to play its best strengths which is long air passes (idk how they’re called in English lmao), biggest mistake in Elias’ 2nd half changes imo, should’ve focused on players who could focus on that.
We need to improve our midfield luckily Emma has 3 years to fix it before the WC. The fact that they had to move Rodman at the end of the first half and all of 2nd half to midfield for defense says a lot. What pissed me off is then she slots horan in the front when she could’ve subbed her out and put Lynn in.
Hal Hershfelt / Lily Yohannes / Sam Coffey / Olivia Moultrie are the future MF of USWNT
Horan, Lavelle, and Albert will be there too depending on injury and Hayes’ vision.
Lily would have to be crazy not to go with USWNT after this gold medal. Her ability to make money in endorsements is greater in the US than in Holland.
@@JoshuaFazeli Hope Cat gets strong again. She is clearly Emma's favorite 10. Team missed her as Horan was not the answer. I am curious whether Emma prefers playing Shaw -- who wasn't fit for most of the tournament -- as a 10 or a 9. Also, does Croix play midfield for Washington?
@@glarris1 How could I have forgot?! Thank you for reminding me!
@@JoshuaFazeliyou are welcome. Cat is amazing.
Watch the game again.....90% of the Brazilian attacks came from the sides without going through the center of the middle of the field so it was neither Albert nor Horan who were in difficulty because their role is to block in the middle and you can't ask just 2 players to be in the center, right and left....impossible.
If absolutely all the specialized sites of this sport have elected Albert player of the final it is not by chance (go check)..
It was not a pen in beginning of the game. Dunn was just running naturally, and some contact is inevitable when players are in stride. It’s a contact sport, and not every touch should be considered a foul, especially when there’s no intent to trip the attacker.
Bringing on Marta was forreal, but taking off Ludmilla? I was pleased for me, but dumbfounded for Brazil.
They just had to bench Jennifer and put Marta in her stead, no need to remove Ludmilla!! Lud’s terrible at finishing and shots at goals, though, but she was the best we (🇧🇷) had that day as Kerolin was injured.
Less Tom Cruise is always the right call.
and Sue Bird and Lauren Holiday...Tom was...Kind of weird I agree...was it the same footage on a loop? Cringey promotion of the closing ceremony involving him I guess. Emma mentioned him a few times in her post match interview too...maybe for a fee? Sometimes it felt like The Capitol in the Hunger Games....brutal program which will have its long term impact....I feel a bit corrupt cheering them all on from my bed....Still loved it! :}
That's the tricky part about the IOC and FIFA. We love the sports and the athletes, but the organizations themselves always find a way to gross us out!
First like! My guys.
You're a damn legend, Blue. I lol'd at the "Brazil nuts" joke, and you're right that Brazil looked like they had 8 attackers at times during the first half. It certainly looks like the USWNT should expect a lot of future battles against this team for the next several years.
What happened to Rose Lavell?
Emma got all she could out of Lavell. No question, Rose is our best offensive midfielder but, also no question, she is not the player you want to play the most grueling box-to-box game of this grueling tournament.
@@glarris1Lavelle looked haggard, in visible pain, and just out of sorts. Carrying a knock? Tired?
AKB!
I just wish Uncle could distribute like AKB. But no one can say a word against Uncle being one of, if not the, best ever.
Brazil playing at home for WWC 2027? I need to talk with my broker, but I hope I'm not too late to pick up a few shares of that.
I’m very impressed that USWNT won gold.
I’ll be even more impressed if Hayes pushes for a Spain friendly or gets them to play in She Believes over the next two years.
Also: can we get another name for SheBelieves? It’s a bit cringe AF. 😂
Didn’t not mean nothing.
According to the rules, if Smith does not touch the ball and does not hinder the runs of the opposing defenders then she is not considered to participate in the action of recovering the ball and Swanson's goal is completely legal.
Otherwise, regarding Brazil, I think that its good tournament is thanks to its victory (undeserved?) against France who had dominated possession and especially who dominated the Brazilians athletically. I think this changed the overall future of the tournament because France seemed robust but lacked offensive creativity and lacked mental strength (again..)
Concerning the uswnst, I am surprised that you talk so little about the essential role of Korbin Albert during the final because she was named (easily) player of the match by all the best specialized football sites. Without his decisive pass, without his interceptions and without his tactical coverage of spaces in the middle...the uswnst did not win the final.
Don't forget that Albert was the absolute priority of Emma Hayes who demanded the immediate call-up from the first game by her substitute Twila Kilgore in November 2023..
France didn’t get a deserving red card. There’s clear footage of Cascarino punching the arm of one of the brazilian players. That’s violent conduct, red card, no discussion. Referee didn’t even check VAR.
Just look it up.
@@juliarangelr Show a red card for hitting an arm? Are you kidding?? Even in basketball, which is a sport played with the hands, no referee disqualifies a player when he hits an arm.....😂😂