LOL, I love a troll-ish celebration.
LOL, Alex Morgan made a “drinking tea” motion after she scored.
Carli Lloyd agrees with you, Terrence.
I’d also like to see Carli Lloyd get a look.
Good question, Jake. I suppose I wouldn’t play her at all at the moment. If they end up needing a goal, I guess Press because it means you can reunite your core three forwards.
If Rapinoe is available, who would you even take out? Morgan and Press have both scored, and Heath looks to be in control again.
LOL, Tony
Lavelle is dominating this game.
They have families, Lavelle. My lord.
The win probability chart now looking like the cogs of a gear, up and down, U.S. back to 88 percent to win.
Damn yeah, Naeher with the massive stop. Both keepers question marks coming on, both making key stops. Love it.
LOL. Heath is not THAT fast, Alex.
The decision to start Horan — after controversially bringing her off the bench the last two games — pays off huge on that assist.
Whoa, Naeher!
bUt aLeX mORgAn cAn’T scOrE
A big, needed tally by Alex Morgan, her first since that five-goal explosion against Thailand.
White vs. Morgan Golden Boot battle. 100 percent here for it.
What a cross from Dahlkemper to start that!!
Amazing sequence there — the touch by Press on the long ball, Horan’s feed into the box and the finish by Morgan.
Morgan coming for that golden boot!
Happy birthday, Alex Morgan!!!
ALEX MORGAN
Alex Morgan!!!!
There’s Bronze creating scoring opportunities way upfield. She started in the midfield when these teams met last. Seems to be ostensibly playing there now.
U.S. needed that.
The rare corner kick leading to a goal kick (because it just never landed in play).
Word is that corner is still traveling into the stands.
Very shaky indeed. But hey, they’ve won ugly twice already in the knockout stages. What’s a third time?
Corner for England. 28 minutes
Very problematic defending in the box by the U.S. A slip-up by Beth Mead bailed them out.
Fortuitous slip by the England attacker there, from a U.S. perspective!
These are some tense moments for the U.S.
Shaky defending from the U.S. gets shakier
Keeper appreciation: That Telford stop was absolutely bonkers.
England’s defense hasn’t always been clearing as effectively as they might want to be.
England loves to launch those quick attacks starting from the back. That’s their go-to move. We could see four to five goals in this one, as both teams attack at a brisk pace. (It was 2-2 when they met in March.)
Lavelle, again. Feels like she’s going to get one pretty soon here.
And Morgan is down.
Man, what a shot, and what a block.
Lavelle is EVERYWHERE
LOL, what an insight.
“The English don’t care about possession as much as the score line.” Ya think?
This band in the background is really giving me a college football vibe, and that’s a good thing.
By the way, the U.S. has now scored in the first 12 minutes of every World Cup game.
After a strong first 10 minutes, the U.S. is looking really shaky.
It looked a little worse live than it was. That ball in behind from Mead was just silky.
Here comes the counter.
That was nicely done by England.
Ellen White now in the lead for the Golden Boot, with six total goals.
Ellen White, again. Seems reminiscent of France’s goal, in which another dangerous player was allowed to advance unimpeded through the box for a finish.