You guys clearly don't follow the team. 😂 The last WC were mostly new young players. They just had a horrible coach. Oh and Alex and Megan sucked in it too.
"Can she help you in big games- absolutely." When was the last time? Against England in the 2019 WWC Semis- last time I can think of. Outstanding player who will continue to have club success, but it's overdue.
Thank heavens for Ali Krieger on this panel. She seems to be the only one that has a clue. How many goals does Alex Morgan have this year (0). How many goals does Sophia Smith have this season (10)? When the US team needs a goal late in a game it wouldn't be Alex Morgan that would get it for them.
Ali krieger coming in hot and heavy. I agree with her 100%. Just because she’s having a rough year doesn’t mean she can’t come in and be a game changer. We’ve seen that in the gold cup, we’ve seen how she impacts a team. Big mistake & like the other gentleman said, understand the need for the growth of this program but the Olympics is here and now. Leaving a younger player off this roster like a Kruger and moving Dunn to a defender wouldn’t have hurt this roster. what does Kruger add that Morgan doesn’t
Yes (and this is why this argument is different than having a Caitlin Clark, and potentially Angel Reese, on the US women's basketball team. Morgan is the most well-known/marketable player on that team but women's soccer is now at a point where there's no room for legacy appointments. For the US women's basketball team, they're going to go undefeated and win gold regardless and so leaving Clark off the team is a missed opportunity.
This is not surprising at all. Alex Morgan is past it. Too slow, can’t beat her first defender anymore, and can’t hold up play anymore. She should just enjoy the WSL as much as she can
It is not cool that Emma didn’t choose the best looking woman for this team. However USWNT player in general is so much better than the rest of the world with their talent and skill, Olympic should be a cakewalk and Gold is as easy as taking candy from the kids. Team like Spain. Germany, Japan and Netherland have NO chance. This one is in the bag.
"However USWNT player in general is so much better than the rest of the world with their talent and skill, Olympic should be a cakewalk and Gold is as easy as taking candy from the kids." That WAS true. Did you watch the last World Cup? lol
@mikethomas860 emma hayes is building a team fir the world cup in 3 years, morgan will be 37/38, Hayes isn't a puppet, if she was the coach at the last World Cup I can guarantee megan rapinoe doesn't go. The last coach basically let the veterans pick the team just like the WNBA let their players pich their team. I mean the US women's basketball team is guaranteed to win gold and could have done it with one of the best rookie classes ever & no I am not just speaking about clark
I don’t always agree that statement I’m not saying I would drop any of those forwards. I would say you drop piece of Kruger. She has not done as much as Morgan. You moved dunn back as defender and then put Morgan as a board you know she’s not gonna get much time. But Kruger definitely gonna be on the bench not much different. However, Morgan can bring a lot more than Kruger. Olympics is now, experience matters currently
I applaud Emma for her deletion of Morgan. As much as I love Alex, her halcyon days are long past. She was a massive failure at the 23 WC and the upcoming stars deserve their turn in the sun.
This shows this crew does not watch the USWNT play! I don’t watch and I know Morgan does not contribute anything. She has been on the decline since the last Olympics. Props on Emma Hayes moving on from Morgan. Naeher should’ve been gone also
Naeher proved to be invaluable at the Olympic Games. Look, we can sit and judge that this player or that player shouldn’t be picked or is declining. But, naeher proved that assumptions do not translate to being fact. Morgan can still offer a dangerous option.
I remember Jill took an 'old' 35 year old Ali Krieger to the 2019 World Cup where she mostly rode the bench until the second half of the final when Kelly O'Hara got injured. It felt so good to have a seasoned veteran available and ready to step in and get the job done.
That's Ali Krieger and not Alex Morgan though. She also won the NWSL championship last season at 39 years old because she still performed as a defender. Alex Morgan hasn't scored a goal for her club this season and she has averaged 2.3 goals per year for the USWNT for the past 3 years.
That's true, but this is the Olympics and there's just so few roster spots. Every player needs to be in great form and versatile. Unfortunately Morgan is neither one of those things. If it was a 23 woman squad, Alex probably makes it
The future is doing what the men are doing - going to Europe young. No college ball. The Europeans are now leveraging the institutional excellence in the men's game to benefit the Women and it's working. The best coaching methods, tactic, academies, trainers, doctors, pitches, stadiums. The title IX advantage is way past now. On the men's side, it was Pulisic, on the women's it was Horan. Leaders, examples. Before that, Tim Howard. The world of women's football is changing.
Sucks, but I also get it. Hopefully she takes pride in knowing she has been mentoring Jadeyn Shaw and look at what all she's doing. Changing of the guard.
Clearly she is NOT ALL that says Hayes.... It's time she is replaced. Chance for other deserving players to go prove their worth. Let her sit at home enjoy the games with a home cooked meal.
emma hayes is doing what the last useless coach refused to do and that's bring in young players. The last coach basically let megan rapinoe pick the team.
For the US, Morgan was Beauty and the Feet, but time has come and it's ok to have young talent to take over. One thing I like about this roster is they have speed. The roster should be at least 20, but you have to think about poor countries I suppose. Not sure why it's only 18. If the roster was bigger, Morgan would prob be on the team. I love Morgan, but I'm ok with this.
It's about time. Morgan hasn't been effective for years. If Hayes had dropped Rodman it would have been even better. Offense has been the weakest aspect of the WNT for a long time and Morgan and Rodman are the primary reason. It's way past time to move on from them. It the WNT had spent the past year developing new talent they would be in a much better position. Perhaps they would not have been beat by Mexico and lost so many other games. You can't win games without scoring goals and Morgan and Rodman do not score goals. I'll be surprised (pleasantly) if they make it out of the group stage at the Olympics. Germany and Australia have the potential to dominate the U.S. Hopefully the U.S. defense can keep them at bay, but unless the U.S. scores some goals, they are going home. If Morgan was really dedicated to what's best for the team she would have retired when she stopped being effective. A true leader knows when it's time to step aside. There are plenty of players who can provide the leadership to help the younger players (Dunn, Horan, Lavelle), not that many of them appear to need it. E.g. Shaw plays like she has years of experience at the international level. Smith, Sawnson and Macario are leaders themselves. All the team will miss from Morgan is not scoring goals and being offside.
Drop Rodman??!! Did you watch her play in either of the games vs. Korea? Their defenders couldn't handle her on the right wing at all. She's playing great right now.
Did Rodman dump you or something? This gotta be someone’s burner. You pile on her everywhere. Like putting her and Morgan in the same sentence is insane. They’re in different career trajectories. Her stock is going way up. Morgan’s not so much.
Agree 1000% on Morgan - past it for quite a while now. Should have stepped aside with some class, but she loves the sponsorship money too much. I agree that Rodman isn't nails yet, but not sure there's a better first choice. Other players will get that spot off the bench and they have a chance to prove themselves.
Carli Lloyd was right of course with her analysis during last year's World Cup. She criticized the tactics and culture of the team. The coach was subsequently fired soon after and several players have been subtracted and added to the team. Guess what, the team is playing better.
Alex Morgan knows that her game has dropped off and that she is no longer qualified to be on this roster. She was a great great player! Look at the last World Cup - Alex and several other veterans were not strong. Andonovsky built a flawed roster and it showed in the team’s poor performance! We finally have a top quality coach once again on the women’s side! Emma built a strong roster abd was not trying to rock the boat but trying to choose the best players. There are a few veterans on this roster who could have been ousted out. Lindsey Horan has not played well…..Emma gave her a break. We may not win gold but we do have a strong merit based roster!
Brazil stuck with ageing Legend Martha! Emma cut legend for triple expresso younger shaper next gen fr gud of TEAM over individual legend! That tough coaching decision won Olympic Gold right there! ❤
If you listen carefully you can hear (almost like a faint whisper) the universe saying, "What you put out in the universe Alex, good and bad, will come back to you 10 fold." Why don't you do another Michelob commercial Alex. Maybe the people at Anheuser Busch are the kind of role models that will point you in the right direction
Sadly we got wrong uswnt coach.and lastly the way of Americans peoples watching the soccer game and their opinions are different than others countries.
Morgan should not be on the roster but definitely as an alternate. Her on field leadership and experience of international play should have been considered by Emma Hayes. Going with 5 forwards and no true #9 might cost the US especially if an injury to one or more of the 5 forwards occurs. I do think the US will go deep into the tournament, depending on how they can handle physicality, speed and talent of other teams Emma Hayes could have selected Morgan as an alternate instead of a third goalie, then have the option to insert her into roster. Granted a single player can rarely make the difference in the game of football. People are forgetting what an impact player Morgan can be on the world stage, even with recent lackluster performances. We will see if Hayes made the right choices.
Vlad was stuck with the old guard which turned into a dumpster fire and I don’t think he would have had the support to make these kind of moves. Hayes saw what happened and knew what needed to be done to correct the problem.
Alex Morgan was not ignored. The selection committee considered her well being as soccer mom and the opportunity to give the new generation. That is how Alex also started out, they gave her a chance when she was young. Another reason she was not offer any spots on the team is her tea celebration. In soccer there are 2 types of celebrations that are acceptable. The soccer celebration, and the non-soccer celebration. The celebration has to have physical moves like Ronaldo's, The Swedish striker his celebration was like Rugby end zone. And lets not forget Bolivian striker Moreno, his celebration was as if he was aiming with a bow. 1994 Bebeto celebrated that goal and his team mates joined the celebration. Soccer is not a sorority type of organization. Soccer is passion, and madness.
What is the big deal Alex is not Olympic roster, she was an amazing performer on her time but this time she is not good enough Amma did the right way but strongly disagreed with Lilly Yohannes, she is supposed to be on the roster .
There are still questions if Sophia Smith is good enough at the international level and she has 10 goals 6 assists this season in NWSL while Morgan is still stuck on 0 goals 1 assist. She's just not been in good form.
This narrative needs to go. Smith also has 4 goals and 2 assists for the national team so far this year plus 2 pks made. We don’t beat Canada in the gold cup without her play and she was MVP at SBC. A poor WWC also doesn’t take away the fact she was USWNT player of the year in 2022. She has performed well internationally. She’s just unfairly criticized for not having the same output as the NWSL.
@@candacelong7643 yeah I really like Smith to be clear. She's asked to play wide a lot for the US and that's not really her position. I think we need her in the middle.
@@jackied962 We need her primarily in the middle but she’s best when she can move across the frontline. Keeping her central an entire game just allows defenses to neutralize her. Moving her around is what has allowed her to thrive with the Thorns. Emma is already having her move around. Of her last three goals with the national team, two were from the wings, one central
Perhaps we can talk more now about Horan, the top US player male or female. Her resume is better than any US player on the planet, including Morgan. Two 90 minutes Champion's League finals, tropies galore, #10, Captaincy, and chosen first now by four of the top coaches in the world.
Absolutely makes a statement that you have to be in-form to make the team and resting on past success is not going to cut it. Only Emma Hayes has the credibility to make a decision like this, other managers were probably scared of the blowback they would receive from sponsors and fans. This decision actually makes me feel confident that we are serious about fielding a contending team and not just picking the players the fans and media want.
Alex Morgan has to earn her place, Emma Hayes is not looking to win gold, if she does great, but her focus is on building the team to win the next world cup and a 37/38 year old alex morgan isnt going to be there
What happened at the WC ? Too many old, unfit players on the team placed there based on their history. Let the kids play.... Morgan is well past it. How many of you guys have watched her play in the past several years ? She is horrid...
anyone who is upset about morgan getting dropped need to get real. Emma Hayes is building a team to win the next world cup, a 38 year old morgan isn't going to do that. it's just a fact. It's like people saying 39 year old Becky Saurerbrunn should still be getting picked. The problem is these us players don't know when to retire. Megan rapinoe being case and point, it just shows weakness when you don't drop them.
This is overdue. She's not scoring and is ALWAYS offsides because she can't outrun anyone and she knows it. I think she should have retired from the USWNT a year ago and had a nice sendoff. We could have given younger players important minutes.
Ronaldo literally throws fits when he gets subbed out in a meaningless 3rd group stage game (they already won the group), because he loses out on a chance to pad his stats. Alex was willing to take on a role player's role. She wasn't the featured player at the Gold Cup (Jaedyn was). But her demeanor was that she was happy to be a part of the winning team. There's a difference. Besides that, they just don't have room for her with only 18 roster spots.
Let's hope the games go well but if things go south there will be no Alex there to calm things down. Emma is taking a huge risk IMO Horan is not the leader Alex is!
agree, if things go south people will look back on and wonder if this was the best decision to make. Having a bench player like Kruger, who doesn’t have that much of an impact fails in comparison having a player (Morgan) who on the bench still plays a role
Even if things don't go well, Letting go of Morgan was the right move. She was not performing. Keeping Morgan could very well be why things don't go well.
She is toxic and her age has nothing to do with it, she brings divisiveness to the locker room! Age is only an issue when you are over 80, like our presidential candidates from our 2 party system!
At some point there is always a need to rejuvenate. So this is her time, everyone has their time and hers has passed or is passing. So no objections you need to grow your team.
I Know the new Players need Practice. But the Coaches let The Best Players at the W Out of the team,and Elex Morgan.That Stupid .All people who Love USA who love AM.Please stay with Her and The New Coaches should be get out of USAWNT. Please people Stand up Talk .Someone Who Can let new coach Get Out of USAWNT. Good luck for USAWNT.
Albert out, Staab in.. Dunn to midfield. Williams starts, Rodman alternate. Otherwise, it's a terrific roster. We have an excellent team but remember, so does Spain, and England, and Germany, and Sweden, etc. No cakewalk for any team. Should be an exciting tournament and loads of fun. Can't wait !!
It will be okay. The sponsors will find another player to over-hype. Sports Illustrated will find another player to take their clothes off for money. LIfe will go on and Morgan's bank account is just fine.
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Emma is right because the last WC they stuck with the old guard too much you have to develop young talent
You guys clearly don't follow the team. 😂 The last WC were mostly new young players. They just had a horrible coach. Oh and Alex and Megan sucked in it too.
It was long overdue.
"Can she help you in big games- absolutely." When was the last time? Against England in the 2019 WWC Semis- last time I can think of. Outstanding player who will continue to have club success, but it's overdue.
18 player roster is ridiculous!!!
Yup. Teams will be sending off their Olympians this weekend which should be cool to see
Thank heavens for Ali Krieger on this panel. She seems to be the only one that has a clue. How many goals does Alex Morgan have this year (0). How many goals does Sophia Smith have this season (10)? When the US team needs a goal late in a game it wouldn't be Alex Morgan that would get it for them.
Ali krieger coming in hot and heavy. I agree with her 100%. Just because she’s having a rough year doesn’t mean she can’t come in and be a game changer. We’ve seen that in the gold cup, we’ve seen how she impacts a team. Big mistake & like the other gentleman said, understand the need for the growth of this program but the Olympics is here and now. Leaving a younger player off this roster like a Kruger and moving Dunn to a defender wouldn’t have hurt this roster. what does Kruger add that Morgan doesn’t
Australia and Germany are loving this right now.
Yes (and this is why this argument is different than having a Caitlin Clark, and potentially Angel Reese, on the US women's basketball team. Morgan is the most well-known/marketable player on that team but women's soccer is now at a point where there's no room for legacy appointments. For the US women's basketball team, they're going to go undefeated and win gold regardless and so leaving Clark off the team is a missed opportunity.
Sports Illustrated will have to find another player to take their clothes off for money.
I am glad Alex Morgan was left off the uswnt Olympic roster. Because it's time for the uswnt team to move on from Alex Morgan. Thank you
Germany Ties as im watching this lol! C'mon USA!!
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This is not surprising at all. Alex Morgan is past it. Too slow, can’t beat her first defender anymore, and can’t hold up play anymore. She should just enjoy the WSL as much as she can
It is not cool that Emma didn’t choose the best looking woman for this team. However USWNT player in general is so much better than the rest of the world with their talent and skill, Olympic should be a cakewalk and Gold is as easy as taking candy from the kids. Team like Spain. Germany, Japan and Netherland have NO chance. This one is in the bag.
"However USWNT player in general is so much better than the rest of the world with their talent and skill, Olympic should be a cakewalk and Gold is as easy as taking candy from the kids." That WAS true. Did you watch the last World Cup? lol
Spain is much better than the U.S. rn
We were terrible last WC Spain dominated the whole competition
Hahaha 😂
Put the drugs down
Yes. It was time. Its not the sad USMNT.
Haha
Rip the band aid off and zip it!! Just like Mexico did
Dropping aging players is always the correct decision.
@mikethomas860 emma hayes is building a team fir the world cup in 3 years, morgan will be 37/38, Hayes isn't a puppet, if she was the coach at the last World Cup I can guarantee megan rapinoe doesn't go. The last coach basically let the veterans pick the team just like the WNBA let their players pich their team. I mean the US women's basketball team is guaranteed to win gold and could have done it with one of the best rookie classes ever & no I am not just speaking about clark
Emma did the job what Vlatko didn't have the guts/clout to do.
Not necessarily.
She can now focus on "wokeness" alongside Megan Rapinoe,
😊
I don’t always agree that statement I’m not saying I would drop any of those forwards. I would say you drop piece of Kruger. She has not done as much as Morgan. You moved dunn back as defender and then put Morgan as a board you know she’s not gonna get much time. But Kruger definitely gonna be on the bench not much different.
However, Morgan can bring a lot more than Kruger. Olympics is now, experience matters currently
I applaud Emma for her deletion of Morgan. As much as I love Alex, her halcyon days are long past. She was a massive failure at the 23 WC and the upcoming stars deserve their turn in the sun.
This shows this crew does not watch the USWNT play! I don’t watch and I know Morgan does not contribute anything. She has been on the decline since the last Olympics. Props on Emma Hayes moving on from Morgan. Naeher should’ve been gone also
Naeher proved to be invaluable at the Olympic Games. Look, we can sit and judge that this player or that player shouldn’t be picked or is declining. But, naeher proved that assumptions do not translate to being fact. Morgan can still offer a dangerous option.
I remember Jill took an 'old' 35 year old Ali Krieger to the 2019 World Cup where she mostly rode the bench until the second half of the final when Kelly O'Hara got injured. It felt so good to have a seasoned veteran available and ready to step in and get the job done.
And she did a great job
That's Ali Krieger and not Alex Morgan though. She also won the NWSL championship last season at 39 years old because she still performed as a defender. Alex Morgan hasn't scored a goal for her club this season and she has averaged 2.3 goals per year for the USWNT for the past 3 years.
That's true, but this is the Olympics and there's just so few roster spots. Every player needs to be in great form and versatile. Unfortunately Morgan is neither one of those things. If it was a 23 woman squad, Alex probably makes it
@@rmm9222 Not even a 23 person roster. She wasn't chosen as one of the 4 alternates, which actually make the Olympic roster total to 22.
How are peple surprised by this, she's sucked for awhile now lol
People are surprised because they depend on ESPN-FC for news.
They'll probably be surprised that Spain win gold.
The future is doing what the men are doing - going to Europe young. No college ball. The Europeans are now leveraging the institutional excellence in the men's game to benefit the Women and it's working. The best coaching methods, tactic, academies, trainers, doctors, pitches, stadiums. The title IX advantage is way past now. On the men's side, it was Pulisic, on the women's it was Horan. Leaders, examples. Before that, Tim Howard. The world of women's football is changing.
Sucks, but I also get it. Hopefully she takes pride in knowing she has been mentoring Jadeyn Shaw and look at what all she's doing. Changing of the guard.
Clearly she is NOT ALL that says Hayes.... It's time she is replaced.
Chance for other deserving players to go prove their worth.
Let her sit at home enjoy the games with a home cooked meal.
emma hayes is doing what the last useless coach refused to do and that's bring in young players. The last coach basically let megan rapinoe pick the team.
She hasn't been a true baller in a long time...ineffective in the last world cup as well...Not surprised by this at all...
For the US, Morgan was Beauty and the Feet, but time has come and it's ok to have young talent to take over. One thing I like about this roster is they have speed. The roster should be at least 20, but you have to think about poor countries I suppose. Not sure why it's only 18. If the roster was bigger, Morgan would prob be on the team. I love Morgan, but I'm ok with this.
It's about time. Morgan hasn't been effective for years. If Hayes had dropped Rodman it would have been even better. Offense has been the weakest aspect of the WNT for a long time and Morgan and Rodman are the primary reason. It's way past time to move on from them. It the WNT had spent the past year developing new talent they would be in a much better position. Perhaps they would not have been beat by Mexico and lost so many other games. You can't win games without scoring goals and Morgan and Rodman do not score goals.
I'll be surprised (pleasantly) if they make it out of the group stage at the Olympics. Germany and Australia have the potential to dominate the U.S. Hopefully the U.S. defense can keep them at bay, but unless the U.S. scores some goals, they are going home.
If Morgan was really dedicated to what's best for the team she would have retired when she stopped being effective. A true leader knows when it's time to step aside. There are plenty of players who can provide the leadership to help the younger players (Dunn, Horan, Lavelle), not that many of them appear to need it. E.g. Shaw plays like she has years of experience at the international level. Smith, Sawnson and Macario are leaders themselves. All the team will miss from Morgan is not scoring goals and being offside.
Drop Trinity LOL?
Drop Rodman??!! Did you watch her play in either of the games vs. Korea? Their defenders couldn't handle her on the right wing at all. She's playing great right now.
Move Dunn to midfield take lynn
Did Rodman dump you or something? This gotta be someone’s burner. You pile on her everywhere. Like putting her and Morgan in the same sentence is insane. They’re in different career trajectories. Her stock is going way up. Morgan’s not so much.
Agree 1000% on Morgan - past it for quite a while now. Should have stepped aside with some class, but she loves the sponsorship money too much. I agree that Rodman isn't nails yet, but not sure there's a better first choice. Other players will get that spot off the bench and they have a chance to prove themselves.
I watch this team. She should have walked after the last WC. Legend but She was past it.
These panelists need to be more honest.
Carli Lloyd was right of course with her analysis during last year's World Cup. She criticized the tactics and culture of the team. The coach was subsequently fired soon after and several players have been subtracted and added to the team. Guess what, the team is playing better.
100% Carli was right.
Maybe that’s why she got dropped, she thought she owned the spot.
Alex Morgan knows that her game has dropped off and that she is no longer qualified to be on this roster. She was a great great player!
Look at the last World Cup - Alex and several other veterans were not strong. Andonovsky built a flawed roster and it showed in the team’s poor performance!
We finally have a top quality coach once again on the women’s side! Emma built a strong roster abd was not trying to rock the boat but trying to choose the best players. There are a few veterans on this roster who could have been ousted out. Lindsey Horan has not played well…..Emma gave her a break.
We may not win gold but we do have a strong merit based roster!
I don't think so
we're not gonna make it out of group
Brazil stuck with ageing Legend Martha! Emma cut legend for triple expresso younger shaper next gen fr gud of TEAM over individual legend! That tough coaching decision won Olympic Gold right there! ❤
If you listen carefully you can hear (almost like a faint whisper) the universe saying, "What you put out in the universe Alex, good and bad, will come back to you 10 fold."
Why don't you do another Michelob commercial Alex. Maybe the people at Anheuser Busch are the kind of role models that will point you in the right direction
July 26 🇿🇲 🇿🇲 🇿🇲 🇿🇲 🇿🇲 🇿🇲 🇿🇲's ready for whatever team 🇺🇸 picks. Infact, please call her back & ADD Morgan. We 🇧🇷 🇳🇿 🇿🇲 do not want excuses 😂😂😂😂😊
Hayes should have included Alex at least as an alternate.
She’s getting old. It happens. Need to get younger and get ready for next World Cup.
Yeah whatever - Emma Hayes doesn’t need to make a statement, ya jackasses … Morgan’s been done
shes too old
Sadly we got wrong uswnt coach.and lastly the way of Americans peoples watching the soccer game and their opinions are different than others countries.
Emma Hayes made you eat crow and humble pie when the USWNT went 6-0 in Paris 2024 en route to gold.
Emma hates Morgam, Emma feel envy, she.is insane
Great decision
❤❤❤❤
Krieger is so wise
Morgan should not be on the roster but definitely as an alternate. Her on field leadership and experience of international play should have been considered by Emma Hayes. Going with 5 forwards and no true #9 might cost the US especially if an injury to one or more of the 5 forwards occurs.
I do think the US will go deep into the tournament, depending on how they can handle physicality, speed and talent of other teams
Emma Hayes could have selected Morgan as an alternate instead of a third goalie, then have the option to insert her into roster.
Granted a single player can rarely make the difference in the game of football.
People are forgetting what an impact player Morgan can be on the world stage, even with recent lackluster performances.
We will see if Hayes made the right choices.
A third goalkeeper is mandatory as at least one alternate I thought
Vlad was stuck with the old guard which turned into a dumpster fire and I don’t think he would have had the support to make these kind of moves. Hayes saw what happened and knew what needed to be done to correct the problem.
Alex Morgan was not ignored. The selection committee considered her well being as soccer mom and the opportunity to give the new generation. That is how Alex also started out, they gave her a chance when she was young. Another reason she was not offer any spots on the team is her tea celebration. In soccer there are 2 types of celebrations that are acceptable. The soccer celebration, and the non-soccer celebration. The celebration has to have physical moves like Ronaldo's, The Swedish striker his celebration was like Rugby end zone. And lets not forget Bolivian striker Moreno, his celebration was as if he was aiming with a bow. 1994 Bebeto celebrated that goal and his team mates joined the celebration. Soccer is not a sorority type of organization. Soccer is passion, and madness.
There ya go!! Smith, Swanson and Rodman doing just fine!! 2-1 USA!! LFG
This aged very well for Coach Hayes! Congrats!
Why gomez alway acting like if he says something its facts 🤔
ALE.... SPEAKING FACT 😂😂😂😂 MUST BE BECAUSE ITS NOT ESPN FC
Her leadership will be missed.
She is toxica!
Good, she was ass in the last world cup. Part of the old guard that all needs to go.
What is the big deal Alex is not Olympic roster, she was an amazing performer on her time but this time she is not good enough Amma did the right way but strongly disagreed with Lilly Yohannes, she is supposed to be on the roster .
Hayes said in the press conference than Yohanness was not ready to cap-tie herself to the USA yet. So, it wasn't a matter of Hayes not choosing her.
she has fallen off.. youth is the way to go
Fine by me. Alex is a great player and a great person but it's time for other strikers who are having a good spell to get their shot.
Right decision.
Good
Mal was the youngest player at one time. Now she is one of the oldest and experienced. LFG
Still only 26 years old. TEAM IS YOUNG!
@@tqlax21 26 is prime time for any pro athlete.
There are still questions if Sophia Smith is good enough at the international level and she has 10 goals 6 assists this season in NWSL while Morgan is still stuck on 0 goals 1 assist. She's just not been in good form.
This narrative needs to go. Smith also has 4 goals and 2 assists for the national team so far this year plus 2 pks made. We don’t beat Canada in the gold cup without her play and she was MVP at SBC. A poor WWC also doesn’t take away the fact she was USWNT player of the year in 2022. She has performed well internationally. She’s just unfairly criticized for not having the same output as the NWSL.
@@candacelong7643 yeah I really like Smith to be clear. She's asked to play wide a lot for the US and that's not really her position. I think we need her in the middle.
@@jackied962 We need her primarily in the middle but she’s best when she can move across the frontline. Keeping her central an entire game just allows defenses to neutralize her. Moving her around is what has allowed her to thrive with the Thorns. Emma is already having her move around. Of her last three goals with the national team, two were from the wings, one central
Perhaps we can talk more now about Horan, the top US player male or female. Her resume is better than any US player on the planet, including Morgan. Two 90 minutes Champion's League finals, tropies galore, #10, Captaincy, and chosen first now by four of the top coaches in the world.
Absolutely makes a statement that you have to be in-form to make the team and resting on past success is not going to cut it. Only Emma Hayes has the credibility to make a decision like this, other managers were probably scared of the blowback they would receive from sponsors and fans. This decision actually makes me feel confident that we are serious about fielding a contending team and not just picking the players the fans and media want.
GREAT 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌
Alex Morgan has to earn her place, Emma Hayes is not looking to win gold, if she does great, but her focus is on building the team to win the next world cup and a 37/38 year old alex morgan isnt going to be there
What happened at the WC ? Too many old, unfit players on the team placed there based on their history. Let the kids play.... Morgan is well past it.
How many of you guys have watched her play in the past several years ? She is horrid...
anyone who is upset about morgan getting dropped need to get real. Emma Hayes is building a team to win the next world cup, a 38 year old morgan isn't going to do that. it's just a fact. It's like people saying 39 year old Becky Saurerbrunn should still be getting picked. The problem is these us players don't know when to retire. Megan rapinoe being case and point, it just shows weakness when you don't drop them.
This is overdue. She's not scoring and is ALWAYS offsides because she can't outrun anyone and she knows it. I think she should have retired from the USWNT a year ago and had a nice sendoff. We could have given younger players important minutes.
These guys where saying ronaldo is too old but yet they think morgan can still change games? Come on. The haters are hypocrites
Ronaldo literally throws fits when he gets subbed out in a meaningless 3rd group stage game (they already won the group), because he loses out on a chance to pad his stats. Alex was willing to take on a role player's role. She wasn't the featured player at the Gold Cup (Jaedyn was). But her demeanor was that she was happy to be a part of the winning team. There's a difference. Besides that, they just don't have room for her with only 18 roster spots.
@tqlax21 name one forward portugal have that is better than ronaldo right now?
Let's hope the games go well but if things go south there will be no Alex there to calm things down. Emma is taking a huge risk IMO Horan is not the leader Alex is!
agree, if things go south people will look back on and wonder if this was the best decision to make. Having a bench player like Kruger, who doesn’t have that much of an impact fails in comparison having a player (Morgan) who on the bench still plays a role
Even if things don't go well, Letting go of Morgan was the right move. She was not performing. Keeping Morgan could very well be why things don't go well.
Who cares? It's women's football
Why are you here then?
She is toxic and her age has nothing to do with it, she brings divisiveness to the locker room! Age is only an issue when you are over 80, like our presidential candidates from our 2 party system!
At some point there is always a need to rejuvenate. So this is her time, everyone has their time and hers has passed or is passing. So no objections you need to grow your team.
I Know the new Players need Practice. But the Coaches let The Best Players at the W Out of the team,and Elex Morgan.That Stupid .All people who Love USA who love AM.Please stay with Her and The New Coaches should be get out of USAWNT. Please people Stand up Talk .Someone Who Can let new coach Get Out of USAWNT. Good luck for USAWNT.
Morgan is too slow, cannot defend. But Shaw is not great.
Morgan caused key turnovers with her press, soooo very inaccurate
Also Shaw is very clinical very inaccurate
The Olympics a major international tournament .....riiight lol
Albert out, Staab in.. Dunn to midfield. Williams starts, Rodman alternate.
Otherwise, it's a terrific roster. We have an excellent team but remember, so does Spain, and England, and Germany, and Sweden, etc. No cakewalk for any team. Should be an exciting tournament and loads of fun. Can't wait !!
England not qualify for olympics and i think sweden missed out as well
Sweden and England are not in the Olympics. If England did qualify, they would play as team Great Britain.
It will be okay. The sponsors will find another player to over-hype. Sports Illustrated will find another player to take their clothes off for money. LIfe will go on and Morgan's bank account is just fine.
Her bank account might be fine. But you clearly aren't.
It's just time. Alex Morgan had her success with the USWNT, but it's time to pass the torch to the next successful era.
Команда США просрали и Олимпиаду в Токио и ЧМ .Пора давно менять старых на молодых,еще без титулов,без достижений.
эти молодые на ЧМ-2023 показали что они новые игроки бездарные и очень плохо играют, без главного мотора команды Алекс Морган наступил закат женского футбола сша. да и олимпиады давно стали примитивное коммерческое гавно для лохов , соревнование химиков и фармацевтов для бизнеса только ...
This is the reality for all pro athletes.