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Originally Posted by Amahk  Edit: By all means all the heat is on the coach to justify his selection however Hope Solo shouldn't have a voice in this issue. I could site waaaay too many examples in National Leagues or Country selections to even waste time siting them lol. You all know it's happened countless times before. |
No coach has ever pulled a goaltender out in the middle of the world cup semifinals that has a 300 minute scoreless streak going.
That said, US loses the game no matter who is in goal this game. The own goal would not have been stopped by Solo, and Marta puts away at least 1 of the 2 goals she scored against Solo as well. US was screwed by losing the player to the horrible red card call, and Solo would have kept it closer but they still would have lost.