sebastian is NNNNNNNNNNNNGH. he barely experienced his first season with LA last year but it was pretty well - he scored eight times in twenty appearances i believe? he's so OTT on insta though, i refuse to believe that he's anything but another showoff/fuckboy soccer player off the field. i don't care about it so much as long as he proves his worth and does well for us next season. but so far, he looks promising.
the hat-trick queen and back-to-back olympic gold medal match scorer carli got a little emotional as she accepted her award too
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oh no, the bitterness is real because i'm bitter as well and i'm a die hard USWNT fan. her winning the WWC with this squad only reiterates that pia & tom both did a remarkable job in leaving a rather good and stable foundation of players - and it's obvious she is really reaching for things that pia & tom had been building since 2008. i find her rather unremarkable and the US squad really did well in the WWC because they wanted it SO bad, all of our publications and media outlets were gunning for them to bring it home for "revenge" (so tacky), and ellis really had NO idea who to rotate, sub, or start except the favorites and/or popular players
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specially with her demanding that the us women players come and play in the nwsl. it's why christen came back to wither away in chicago after killing it with göteborg & tyresö and now why she's basically forced lindsay to leave PSG and come to the nwsl - there's a good article floating around how ellis basically discourages potential us players from playing abroad.
Wha.... why?
England has that with rugby- in that if you want to be called up for selection, you have to play in England, but the wages and competition are supposed to be better in France, so our best players aren't necessarily playing for the English NT and we got kicked out of the World Cup in the first round! :S
I have read that the US soccer national teams do want their players to be local. I guess it helps in terms of travel and the football season but... surely having your players playing in foreign countries and getting new experiences and exposure can't be all that bad? What is Ellis playing at?
but the senior squad members (Abby, Christie, Hope, etc.) were not pleased and had him fired. no one can say they didn't have a hand in it, which is why I hope their time on the squad is growing smaller and smaller at this point.
Oh? That explains why people are happy that Abby is retiring then, eh? Thanks for the insight. I find it galling that Ellis is trying to dictate her player's career like that. But I guess with her World Cup win and the FIFA accolade, it will only give her more power, not less. Ugh.
Abby has done a lot of good for the USWNT in terms of making us more marketable/lovable and expanding the "I Believe" shtick the US is known for (as much as I hate to say I love it, her last minute goal against Brazil at the 2011 WWC is a big part of the USWNT "folklore," lol). but she's also a greedy, manipulative, and awful person... no one likes to think about it but she definitely did contribute to the folding of the WPS, especially in her continued support of the abusive disgusting owner of her last club who caused the league to dissolve. it's why I could never support people like Christie, Shannon, Hope, etc. because they were on the owner's side. but that's a different mess of its own and its a big reason why I can't get behind Abby. but yes, a big part is Abby is very selfish and has demanded the squad to be built around her
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the hat-trick queen and back-to-back olympic gold medal match scorer carli got a little emotional as she accepted her award too
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Wha.... why?
England has that with rugby- in that if you want to be called up for selection, you have to play in England, but the wages and competition are supposed to be better in France, so our best players aren't necessarily playing for the English NT and we got kicked out of the World Cup in the first round! :S
I have read that the US soccer national teams do want their players to be local. I guess it helps in terms of travel and the football season but... surely having your players playing in foreign countries and getting new experiences and exposure can't be all that bad? What is Ellis playing at?
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Oh? That explains why people are happy that Abby is retiring then, eh? Thanks for the insight. I find it galling that Ellis is trying to dictate her player's career like that. But I guess with her World Cup win and the FIFA accolade, it will only give her more power, not less. Ugh.
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