![]() ![]() They’re falling all over the place, getting caught up in the soap, and I feel like I just watched three plus minutes of Brazilian butts and handballs. Follow those steps and fly in these curvy chicks from Brazil and it’d take off in no time at all (not that Soccer isn’t already pretty huge here).Īs for the sport itself, I guess the one thing I don’t fully understand is how they handle the ‘hand ball’ rule. They should hold that event during the month of March to coincide with Spring Break, and in a perfect world they should hold the World Cup of Sexy Slip-N-Slide Soccer somewhere on the Atlantic Coast of Florida (Daytona, Ft. If FIFA wants to get soccer to truly take hold in America all they need to do is fire up the ‘World Cup of Sexy Slip-N-Slide Soccer’ here in the United States. Now snow angels during a soccer game on the other hand. Getting a win was really good for us."Ī win was great, but expected. Whether it is muddy, rainy breezy, snowy we play to win. "That is the great thing about this team, every time we step out on the field we play to win. ![]() "We wanted to have fun, but we also wanted to play to win," said Lilly. Things may have been difficult under the conditions, but there was still one very big positive the team could take away from the friendly. outshot Mexico 20-4, including 13-2 on target. "They never got behind us, which helped so we weren't too cautious (because) of that. "I think you kind of saw that on the goal as well, just us trying to get off the forwards."įollowing the goal, the team continued to dominate the attack and allowed very little for the Mexican side going forward. "We said to try not to play too much through the midfield, get it forward as soon as possible and then make runs off the forwards," said Boxx. ![]() "We were definitely knocking on their door for quite a while, but these conditions were probably the worst I ever played under, but it just goes to show the kind of team that we have." "I am actually pretty surprised we got that goal," said Wambach. Wambach finally was able to "break the ice" in the 60th minute as she tapped in a beautiful cross from team captain Shannon Boxx. The second half saw much of the same as scoring chances continued to pile up for the Americans. fired 12 shots compared to one for the Mexicans in the first half. Kristine Lilly - who earned her 344th cap in the start - would like to have her chance back she hit over the top in the 23rd minute. The 19th minute saw Wambach hit a shot that looked destined for the back of the net, but Vanegas got just a piece of the ball to deflect it wide. In the seventh minute, forward Amy Rodriguez broke free, but Mexican keeper Erika Vanegas raced out and made the first of many terrific saves on the night. "We got a lot of opportunities, but whether they were good opportunities, that is for someone else to decide." "It was a hard game to stay patient, to wait for those moments, those opportunities," said Wambach. Over and over the Americans pressed forward and created scoring chances. ![]() still controlled long stretches of possession and dominated the run of play. "Even though I say that, you want to play forward and put pressure on them behind the backline, still you could see a couple of passes where we completed them on the flanks."Įven with the more forward-thinking attack, the U.S. "Usually we have a game plan, but we had to rethink and play everything forward," said coach Pia Sundhage. The normal ball-controlling, passing-emphasis attack of the U.S. A heavy snowfall left three or four inches of snow blanketing the field. had never lost to Mexico in 24 previous games, but ever if there were conditions that could have presented the chance for an upset they were present at Rio Tinto Stadium Wednesday night. We as a team probably struggle to celebrate well, so I'm proud of us for following through with what we said we were going to do." 2 it was going to be a snowball fight," said Wambach of her tally in the 60th minute of the American's 1-0 win. "We were walking out before the game started and I said, 'If anybody scores, snow angels for sure.' If we got No. Even with finding the back of the net that many times there was still something unique about No. SANDY - United States National Team forward Abby Wambach had scored 104 international goals coming into Wednesday night's friendly with Mexico. ![]()
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