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Originally Posted by Rush  The US is about to face Brazil in the semifinals and he yanks Solo, throws in this other chick who puts forth an average goaltending effort and the US loses. |
This 'other chick' has won 2 Olympic medals and a World Cup with the USA. It's not like she doesn't have pedigree and even if age is a question, goalkeepers tend to break that mold quite often as they older they get the better to a point. Schmeichel, Lehmann, Kahn etc etc have all played into their 40's. Granted she hasn't played for 3 months or whatever it was aka an extended period of time.
Even if it's water under the bridge now, I'm still willing to bet, the USA still had a slim chance no matter who was between the goalposts. The rest of the world has caught up with the USA(maybe not Ghana hehe) on the women's football scene. And at least 2 countries have surpassed them I'd say, Brazil being one of them and the others being Germany and maybe even China.
As an aside, what exactly don't you respect about men's football??