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00:00 Kyle Bond, who follows soccer like no other over at the Sporting News, is with us here
00:05 on the show, but he's a little tired because the women's US team played just a short time
00:11 ago, 3 a.m. last night.
00:13 It looks like there's a chance they're going to have to do it again, but Kyle is with us
00:16 here.
00:17 He's going to break it all down.
00:18 And on top of it, Kyle, couldn't we have at least got a goal in that game that they played
00:22 against Portugal?
00:23 But no, nothing.
00:24 Why?
00:25 Would have been nice, wouldn't it have Craig, at least a little bit of a reward for those
00:30 of us who stayed up to watch it.
00:32 Uh, I am in zombie mode right now, but we are here.
00:35 Uh, despite no goals, uh, the U S did advance by the hair of their chinny chin chin.
00:41 Uh, it was dicey.
00:42 It was ugly.
00:43 It was brutal.
00:45 And Portugal nearly pulled off the upset of the century.
00:51 The U S has never been eliminated in the group stage of a women's world cup before now in
00:56 their ninth tournament.
00:57 Uh, they have never been eliminated at that stage and Portugal hit the post in the 92nd
01:03 minute with what would have been the goal heard around the world to eliminate the U.S.
01:10 But needing just to draw, they survive and advance despite the gauntlet.
01:16 Wow.
01:17 Yeah, no, it's, it's, it's desolate.
01:19 And I know that, uh, you know, Kyle, you talked about this last week, if, if they are
01:22 unwilling to change the way that they play, then they're not going to win this thing.
01:28 And so I guess I would ask the question, is that something that you can do in the world
01:33 cup in soccer to change your style or change the, or attempt to change something?
01:39 Because I guess I would think it's probably easier said than done.
01:42 You practice a certain way up until this point, you're playing a certain way.
01:46 Is there like a switch to flip or that just can't happen?
01:50 Yes.
01:51 And no, um, I think you're absolutely right.
01:55 It is really hard to change the way you play.
01:58 What's kind of odd is the U.S. was the number one team in the world for a reason.
02:03 They weren't playing this way coming into the tournament.
02:07 So it's, uh, they have made a few odd changes for the tournament and they've got to go
02:16 back.
02:17 Uh, Julie Ertz is playing defense for the first time in a decade.
02:22 Um, Andy Sullivan is playing defensive midfielder, uh, and starting.
02:27 She's been a regular with this team for a while, but not a regular starter.
02:31 Um, so there's been a lot of weird wrinkles for this team, uh, and it's resulted in a
02:38 mess.
02:39 Um, and depending on where you look, the odds now reflect the fact that either the
02:46 U S is no longer the favorite to win this tournament or they are joined by someone else.
02:52 I believe FanDuel has them, um, joint favorites now to win the tournament, which in all honesty
02:58 is generous, Craig, they should no longer be the favorites to win this tournament.
03:01 Um, we've seen enough three games in a tournament is enough to say they don't have it.
03:08 And until they show that they do now they're in, they're in prove it mode now.
03:13 Cause I, um, I and many others are out on the U S winning the women's world cup.
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