Previewing the USWNT midfielders and forwards entering the Women’s World Cup | The Formation
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As Megan Rapinoe moves into a smaller on-field role in her final World Cup, the US Women’s National Team features bright, young stars at the forward position. Sophia Smith, Alyssa Thompson and Trinity Rodman are primed to break out on the big stage, just as veteran Alex Morgan did before them. Speaking of vets, Julie Ertz leads an experienced crew in the midfield, flanked by Rose Lavelle and Lindsey Horan. In this episode of The Formation, ESPN’s Kay Murray breaks down the players who will power the USWNT's scoring.
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Sophia Smith has such a good head on her shoulders! Excited to see her flourish!
Thompson ran a 11.69 hundred meters as a high school junior running track once a week. May have been an Olympian if she dedicated herself to track.
@jaymea8907
10 ай бұрын
Yet she couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn on Sunday lol
@samanthabonnet7924
10 ай бұрын
same with williams she easily could’ve gone pro in track
@kirstieb8025
10 ай бұрын
2nd in the state of CA
@chrisradovan7642
10 ай бұрын
Just because they are fast doesn’t mean they will excel in soccer. There’s more to soccer aside from speed. Speed will not help if you lack the soccer iq and the skills to play soccer beyond just being fast
@randomuser6129
10 ай бұрын
@@chrisradovan7642she’s playing for the World Cup favorites, she probably has decent football IQ
The best team.
Rose👍
Yes, if Ertz isn't playing or playing at a high level this team will struggle against good teams.
@JoshuaFazeli
10 ай бұрын
They could get eliminated in Rof16 if the midfield and back line continue to be a mess the way they have been playing.
@dolphmanity
10 ай бұрын
Alana Cook is a disaster waiting to happen.
@kirstieb8025
10 ай бұрын
oh look! a man saying this. i’m sure she’s better than u
Let's go :)
Sophia Smith is a baller, I kept hearing the name but wow I'm impressed
Bring it home! You know you want it. It's in the Stars..and stripes that is. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
You talk about rose and don't even mention the captain Horan, good reporting. Real good
Well, I expect 7-0 in the final🤷🏽♂️
You couldn't pay me to watch.
Is Lavelle even healthy? Ertz is a concern due to lack of activity. How fit is she actually?
@JoshuaFazeli
10 ай бұрын
That’s why he put DeMelo on the team. Morgan and Rapinoe are not in top form and the back line is a mess.
Rapinoe is so overrated...
@clitlicker69
10 ай бұрын
exactly👍🏻
Gonna leave out HORAN? THE GREAT HORAN?! She’s the whole CAPTAIN
Mallory Swanson 😢
I look forward to the women's game advancing to the stage that these backgrounders don't have to be so dumbed down.
@THENITROFU
10 ай бұрын
You are joking right,🤡
You didn't even mention the best 8 in the world
@dolphmanity
10 ай бұрын
Horan is the worst part of the midfield. She would not be starting if Macario and Mewis were healthy.
@newmomlife6168
10 ай бұрын
Horan wasn’t named here yet you assumed she’s the best 8 in the world. Quite contradicting that you thought she’s the worst, right?
@wishbone1490
10 ай бұрын
@@dolphmanity Horan is a solid player but she had to over compensate for the lack of productivity at the six.
@dolphmanity
10 ай бұрын
@@wishbone1490 What about lack of productivity for a player wearing #10. She is incompetent with her head. She poses absolutely no scoring threat. Carly Lloyd is rolling over in her USWNT grave. She is unworthy to wear #10.
@wishbone1490
10 ай бұрын
@@dolphmanity it's an interesting issue that Vlatko has to face. You have all of these talented players but you need to put them in the best situation. Horan should never play with Sullivan while Sullivan should only play with Demelo and Sanchez or Ertz and Lavelle
Who is rooting against Megan Rapinoe US women’s team? 🫡 from an actual American. 🇺🇸
@ftmws293
10 ай бұрын
Me
@customincisivecomment
10 ай бұрын
Weirdos
@terrancehall9762
10 ай бұрын
You are a traitor
@33eyeman
10 ай бұрын
Me
@clitlicker69
10 ай бұрын
me
The team America is rooting against!
@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
10 ай бұрын
Exactly zero Americans are rooting against this team.
@johngiglio6834
10 ай бұрын
@@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music WRONG!
@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music
10 ай бұрын
@@johngiglio6834 Everyone knows that you're a Russian government propaganda worker. 🙄
Will the USA media start giving the USWNT so much coverage when Europe surpasses inevitably? I highly doubt it, like when Lance Armstrong was ‘dominating’ the Tour De France it got so much Us Media coverage. Americans stop winning it and the sport disappeared from the mainstream of the USA.
@customincisivecomment
10 ай бұрын
The US women's infrastructure and youth culture is so far ahead of Europe's, we may not need to worry about that in our lifetimes.
I’m just excited to see Dennis Rodman playing soccer
@kellyeverett
10 ай бұрын
What??
@andrewsadikin5226
10 ай бұрын
Go home if you are being nostalgic about playing back. We are concentrating on the present and future, beside Trinity can make her own history unlike the father who becomes famous because of bad antics rather than playing sport. Don’t compare Trinity who is good to him.
@andrewsadikin5226
10 ай бұрын
*basketball
🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱
Can ESPNFC analyze the time when World Cup winners USWNT in 2017 lost to U15 Dallas FC 2 - 5????
@myfasmarine
10 ай бұрын
Maybe after they can analyze why you're still a virgin who loves shitting on women! Wait, I think we know why.
@customincisivecomment
10 ай бұрын
Always one of you in these comments sections.
@kellyeverett
10 ай бұрын
Can we analyze why you are so threatened by a bunch of women playing soccer? Have issues with women much?
@newmomlife6168
10 ай бұрын
I guess there are just some people that knows nothing but to troll. Move on, it’s 2023. Uswnt have already proven their worth. The women that played in that 2017 you’re talking about were retired players but that’s beside the point. Soccer is a game of skills but could also be a game of luck. Even the best teams in the world loses.
@kirstieb8025
10 ай бұрын
you’re probably a man
Midfield is world class BUT this is the weakest US Team I have seen for the last 3 decades. There is no Carli Lloyd, A-Rod, Wambach in attack defensewise no Shannon Box, Dahlkemper, Sauerbrunn, Krieger STILL the US always believe they are the best, and others fear and play weaker than usual. Also Germany is in quite bad form, Spain missing key players like their gk and Maria Leon. France missing Amandine Henry, Mbock, Katoto, Cascarino England, Norway, Brazil still the strongest with the US.
@Skyrose1978
10 ай бұрын
England is missing three very important key players Mead, Kirby, and Williamson. Germany has had a few bad games but I don't doubt they will still be quality at the world cup.
My Sunday league team would beat the US women’s team, easily! And half our players drink during halftime. 😂 😂
@terrancehall9762
10 ай бұрын
Stay pressed
@user-op3yi4ip3n
10 ай бұрын
Trangender operation😅?
@jenna127
10 ай бұрын
you sound like an 8 year old bragging to his friends in primary school lol. what kind of grown man feels the need to brag about something like that?? sorry you're feeling so angry and insecure. hope you feel better xx
@LewisC-iu3hh
10 ай бұрын
@@jenna127 well, if the ladies played in lingerie they’d have a lot more fans. Why not get just the very best looking ones and play in underwear? But get rid of that rapinoe thing!
@LewisC-iu3hh
10 ай бұрын
@@jenna127 do you have an only fans as well?
Morgan, Ribeiro and Ertz have no business on this team. Rose Lavelle is cutting it close.
@kellyeverett
10 ай бұрын
Congrats on the dumbest comment on this thread
@user-dq9oi3di9e
10 ай бұрын
what are you talking about. I agree with Rapino because she is so un American, but Lavelle? She is the best and they are saving her that's why she is not playing pre cup.
@terrancehall9762
10 ай бұрын
@@user-dq9oi3di9eshutup traitor
Theyre giving away tickets to the women’s world cup. EQUAL PAY! 😂
Megan RAPPINO.⚽🏃🏼♀️🗯️👍🏻
@Lenny_Hondo
10 ай бұрын
is a clown