Can I also add I am so glad Mallory got to score twice!!! After everything she’s been through, she deserves it more than anyone! Love seeing her back with the National Team.

USWNT doesn't look confused anymore. At least Emma doesn't have a mortified face like He who must not be named. They look hungry and intimidating.

I would love bonus lessons from Tobin breaking down game play and helping us be smarter football watchers. For example, what’s the pocket? What’s seam 2?

@kirstieb8025

23 күн бұрын

what the f are the NUMBERS

@tatum2739

23 күн бұрын

This is actually such a good idea

@obliviousfvck

23 күн бұрын

@@kirstieb8025 no literally 😭 shaw is a “nine,” cat is a “ten” 😭

@malber2000

23 күн бұрын

@@kirstieb8025 lol... good point! i think it's easy for people who've been around the game a lot to take this knowledge for granted. If it helps: 9 -- the striker, the center forward trying to score goals (alex morgan, soph smith) 10 -- the playmaker/central attacking midfielder, trying to create goals by smart passes/play (shaw, lavelle, sometimes cat) 8 - midfielders, trying to progress the ball or win it back, push the ball up to the fowards (horan, albert, sonnet) 7 & 11 -- wingers, also called wide forwards (trinity, swanson) 6 -- defensive midfielder, protecting the backline, winning ball back (coffey currently) 1 -- keeper (obvious) 2 & 3 -- right and left backs, mostly defense but can get high and wide on USWNT to make crosses into the box (fox, nighswonger) 4 & 5 -- centerbacks, defenders and the center of the backline (girma, tierna, staab)

@soccerjames500

23 күн бұрын

Seam 2 is the left half space. A lot of coaches divide the field vertically into 5 lanes, so the widest space on the left is 1, the middle left area is 2, the center is 3, etc.

I love that emma recognizes that the players need a lot of work I was getting really sick of hearing how wonderful these players are and there was nobody saying how much more work they needed I think Emma will excel them I think one of her strengths is going to be excelling every single player on that field to a higher potential her tactics are also so so good...

@HughHo

22 күн бұрын

So true! As a big fan of the USWNT, it's crazy to me how many cringe statements there are in the press about how awesome the US players are. I know huge positivity is a core part of US culture, but come on, all you have to do is *really* watch the best players from other countries at big international tournaments or Champions League clubs to see that many of the USWNT players are not better than the best of Spain, France, etc. It's really getting to be a problem when US players only hear how awesome they are - it's so easy to just show up and think that you're working hard, and then get crushed against teams that actually work hard, know how to practice technique, are disciplined, etc. Thank goodness Emma is here with some real perspective on what it will take to win.

@laurenbonzell7292

22 күн бұрын

Lmao Emma has also said plenty about how wonderful these players are. Y’all are so weird 😂

@JeanClaudeCOCO

22 күн бұрын

@@HughHoit’s not necessarily the players aren’t good or that people only give them praises. Mostly fans of the team know the players are fantastic and you don’t get call up to the USWNT if you aren’t good enough. The issue is we haven’t seen the best of the entire team. Spain, France etc have been playin and coached well for some time now. They have a cohesive unit, and a tactical approach that best suits their players. USWNT did not and was under a heavily regimented unit with Vlatko. During that time a lot of new players who came in only got to learn his way which stagnated their growth. Now those players are having to relearn and adapt to a new way of doing things. It doesn’t mean they’re not good or better than those other nations players. The NWSL is still the best league, and competition is high, it’s just the old USWNT players like Tobin Heath and Press grew up in a different system from what they saw in Vlatko and that is what they’ve been trying to tell us and now Emma is task with rebuilding that quintessential USWNT DNA. If the US does what she is asking they’ll come right back to being the strong and dominant side and will be right there. Other than Spain and France and a lesser degree England no one else in the top 10 can really go after this team coached by Hayes. In the last game of the World Cup, the US outplayed Sweden on the pitch, game went to penalties and Sweden won but that game give me hope that it wasn’t a player issue this was a tactical coaching issue.

Tobin is very good at this! Get Tobin their own show!

@erind3417

22 күн бұрын

or make her an analyst.....

So glad that Mallory scored in front of her home state crowd. The US team already looked like they were playing more together rather than looking like 11 individuals out on the pitch not actually playing together. Loved seeing Crystal Dunn back where she belongs as an offense player which is where she started her career. The understanding is there from Fox, Horan, Macario of what Hayes is wanting based on their club experience in the UK and Europe.

We finally have a great coach again! The girls looked great! LFG!!!!

@iroar5982

23 күн бұрын

Come on now, it's the coach first game against a team far inferior than the US team

@mracer8

23 күн бұрын

@@iroar5982don’t just look at S Korea record. They are actually a fantastic team. One of the best equal to Japan, Germany and Spain.

@iroar5982

23 күн бұрын

@@mracer8 everyone knows this would be a blowout before the game. And say S Korea is equal to Spain is crazy. The play quality of Spain is way ahead of the US defense right now,. This is a super fan talking I feel like

Always love hearing your takes, Tobin. I feel like you break the game down in a way that's easily understandable for everyone. Please keep doing what you're doing!

Tobin you are an icon. This was a fantastic debrief and I am extremely psyched to have HAO and Uncle Naeher on the next watch live! I guess I’ll have to stay up late.

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

.... thanks --- i didn't get the references --- but love HAO and eager to see her take on this --- Naeher is just so understated!!!

As a Chicago Red Stars fan, loved the goals produced by current and former CRS players. Mal and Tierna ❤Was so excited to see Sam Staab on the sideline getting ready to make her debut. We love her in Chicago and she's been an amazing addition to the Chicago backline and she did well for her 1st cap. Wish she got an opportunity to use her weapon, the throw in, when they were on the offensive side. Totally agree, Tobin, she should be highly considered for the Olympic roster. The USWNT as a whole felt so much better throughout that whole game, just feels like they have bought into what Emma Hayes wants to do with this team and it feels amazing! Thanks for the debrief, Tobin! Can't wait for the next one!

Please tell us who's play on the USWNT does not translate to the international game and should be left off the roster.

Collectively brilliant 💯!!

AHHHHH HAO AND UNCLE!

Poor Trinity was getting fouled right and left. S.Korea must have been really concerned about her.

Love the breakdown Tobin, love hearing and learning from your perspective. Hope you will go into coaching one day? Build more bridges from national team players to coaching? I’ll try to find your watch party! Sounds like fun. Godspeed.

I think Emma's biggest strength is understanding how to break her opponents down. She's notorious for developing 10s to their own unique playmaking strengths and then deploying the proper 10 for each opponent while being able to play the other 10s as wingers or 9s so they can shift the attack style without having to sub. Look at Chelsea with Reiten, James, Kirby, Macario, back in the day Ji and more I'm forgettingI All of these players can play the 10 and are put there based on the style needed to win that specific game. It also feels like the rest of the team understand their roles and how those roles differ based on who else is on the field and dictating play. (again going off Chelsea since we only have 1 USWNT game to pull data from)

@henryleke3315

23 күн бұрын

That’s not true at Chelsea she’s been regularly getting found out by better footballing teams who can keep the ball she doesn’t know how to break her opponents down if she did she would have won a champions league with all those expensive ass Chelsea teams

@locuus7

21 күн бұрын

@@henryleke3315 Chelsea beat Barcelona at home. Hasn't happened for years. Chelsea had key injuries in Kerr, Macario, Fishel, James and Ramirez. 5 years in a row they won the league. I mean seriously

@chdalison

20 күн бұрын

@@henryleke3315 Chelsea has its weaknesses. I would say these (especially in the big games this past season) were most concentrated in the midfield. The balance was sometimes veryyy off. However, fluid offence is such a strength of Emma's so I have to disagree with you in that ultimately I think the USWNT are going to massively benefit from this.

The entire team played wonderful together. Even every single subs came on and gave it their all. I love the defenders representing on the score sheet. I also love the defenders attacking more. I think stylistic Tierna Davidson can be Emma’s American Milly Bright, with different personalities of course.

Tobin, you are so ready to get certification as a coach! Put that understanding of the game to work with a team directly. We all really miss you as a player- now share that whole experience as player, analyst, advocate at a really useful level for other players...

Finally USWNT games that are watchable again 🎉 (those Vlatko games not watchable at all) 😬. Can’t wait to see more of that back line w/ Girma/Tierna and Foxy (my fav) 🤙🏽🔥💥.

Looking forward to seeing where Emma takes the team.

I don't think anyone enjoy's the debrief more than christen but we do love it!

Emma Hayes' coaching style reminds me of Jill Ellis in the best way. Thanks for the debrief!

Amazing breakdown Tobin!

Tobin a huge thank you to both you and Christen!!! This RE-Inc breakdown of all the games is a true calling for you!! Your mind and thinking about the game is phenomenal!! Keep going we absolutely love it!! ❤️. Happy Pride to you both!! 🏳️‍🌈

(A little thing to help the video, the light has to come from the front, not from the back)

Nice job Tobin! The USWNT finally has a top quality coach again! Hopefully Emma puts pressure on the men’s side to finally do the same. Contrasting Emma’s press conferences (1st one here and at Chelsea previously) to Berhalter’s tells the story. It is not about her trying to be the smartest in the room. I never learn anything about the game from know-it-all Berhalter…..he can’t read the game and he badly reads how to deploy his players. I look forward to the USWNT meeting Spain and watching Emma make her adjustments as the flow of play unfolds. Berhalter…..a deer caught in headlights.

Great summary of what the team did well. I would say the other improvement with Emma Hayes is the team is playing faster and going forward. As other teams improve, speed of play and speed of decision making has to be fast.

Yes, Emma will play the team to their strengths rather than position( I think...I'm no expert) Playing Dunn as a forward proved she's looking beyond the usual position and taking advantage of skills that are not always used. I love it.

One game in and the team already looks like a modern side in fundamental tactical structures. Asymmetric back 3/4 that can defend in a 4-4-2 in passive moments and attack in 3-4-3. Nighswonger and Rodman providing maximum width while creating overloads with Mallory able to come inside and construct a box with Catarina, Horan, and Coffey. It really was far more enjoyable to watch than the World Cup team. One question I would like to ask Emma is how much the tactical structure are informed by the player profiles vs the selections being informed by the tactics she wants to play, because it seemed very natural for the players chosen and simultaneously very much how top club teams look to play now which is rare to implement at the national level.

@chdalison

20 күн бұрын

Interesting thought in whether it is a mixture ofselecting for existing player profiles or Hayes' tactical vision guiding her selection. I tend to think that we are going to see a shift in the international game towards the dynamic play style of top club teams, especially with the dominance of Spain, which in my personal opinion has benefitted massively from leveraging Barcelona's tactical set-up. I'm incredibly excited the see how a club coach can shape an international team pro-actively in this way.

Imagine being Emma Hayes and having this depth of talent to players to work with. I think the width works if you have players like Alex who feel comfortable attacking through the middle. Will be great to see how she plays today.

Hello Tobin. Wise words again. Notice Emma made a point in the press conference of the different coaches she teams with to produce a set of expectations for high standards, referring back to previous US set ups as what to build on.

It would be great to get more break downs on strategy like high press etc.

Tobin was a great player. Super intense and competitive and very skilled.

I really wanted to see you play in the USA again, looks like you retired and somehow I missed that? Miss seeing you play!!

I think Emma is trying to tap into the limits of each player. We’ve been hearing that so many of these players are individually brilliant for years. They’ve never had a coach with the ability teach & stretch those limits since Jill. Emma is the perfect coach for this bunch of hungry players. She’s going to put the right group of ingredients together to properly bake the cake. Players are going to be challenged like never before and I see them taking a huge leap in their development; Trinity, Soph, Jaedyn, Mal. We’re even going to figure out how to properly use Lindsey. 😂

@candacelong7643

23 күн бұрын

I really liked Lindsey this game. She looked energized

@MKelly-pm1np

23 күн бұрын

@@candacelong7643 She really did! Even in Champions League, I don’t remember seeing Lindsey moving around that spiritedly. Maybe it was the home cooking 😂

@jonathanbarber7804

23 күн бұрын

It’s the first good thing I noticed-Lindsey showing her distributing skills as learned (and valued!) at Lyon.

@candacelong7643

22 күн бұрын

@@jonathanbarber7804 She was just reliable and composed which was appreciated as our youngsters worked through this type of play. She also gave good defensive effort. USWNT fans are too harsh on her. I agree she gets overplayed but I don’t think Hayes will do that. She subbed her already lol

This is great. I think you should definitely consider a collab with “Gay News with Brooke” or study her style. Clip your mic, be hands free and show us what you mean when you’re talking about playing in one dimension or playing wide, an IPad a large screen..something simple to start. I am trying to be engaged but find all of the details hard to retain without visual breaks. Again, thank you and I appreciate your keen insights!

Adapt player and tactic to upcoming play might be Emma strength. But with tournaments like Olympic where the match is close together and you don’t know who you be playing till few days away, she might work out a plan. But is it asking too much for the player to learn and adapt but still be able to play at top level in few days?

Think you asked about Emma Hayes, and what it is that's she doing with this team. Think she brings honesty to her coaching, very frank, while supplying lots of belief. She started doing this months before she showed up, talking about the lack of creativity. Then when she first appeared here she was clear that she thought the US was behind the top teams, there was a "gap". At the same time she praises many individual players, and has the knowledge of the game to back up everything she says.

Pugh, Pugh, Pugh! However, Dansby, Dansby, Dansby! Roster, roster, roster ==>> lotsa Stanford, Stanford, Stanford! For example, Macario's serve assist to Davidson's goal. Most encouraging play: Smith's assist to Swanson's goal; usually it's the other way around.

Using the entire width of the field is necessary, as is accurate and consistent delivery into the box. I saw a lot more of both in the S Korea matches. The WNT is rounding into shape for Paris. (Meanwhile, the men looked like crap against Columbia and may get laughed out of the Copa)

Emma is a players coach. She gets to know the players as people and does a really good job of seeing their strengths as players. She is a far better coach than Vlatko, that’s for sure.

Love stabb. I have been saying for years she needs to be in the uswnt

I love this 🤠👏🏾🇺🇸🏳‍🌈!

To me, the feed from Smith to Swanson looked like something Emma had planned and the team executed. Seemed like there was no way Smith could’ve seen Swanson jetting in and delivered that accurately. She put it in a spot and Swanson knew where to look and was going to die trying to get there.

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

good point - that is knowig your teammates as well as the patterns to be implemented ----- vs having to check / look & then pass --- Emma was constantly emphasizing quickness which is a way to rely upon training and not have the ball stick.---- so much more dynamic. also there seemed to be a real challenge on defense vs letting S Korea "walk the ball up" (ok, i played basketball, not futbol (nor football)).

Why does nobody mention how bad cat was playing. She was not on her game and it obvious in the first 30 minutes.

@candacelong7643

23 күн бұрын

I think people want to give her grace. Yes, she looked a step behind everyone else but she will need time. If she can’t get there, we have Rose and Jae waiting patiently in the wings

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

evidently she was having trouble w/ her fitness especially at the altitude, from Emma's first presser --- Cat is not the fastest / quickest but has great ball control (go figure) so she needs reps after recuperating ----- work in progress.

Tobin have you ever thought about coaching? I saw you several times at Man Utd xx

I think that the goal-keeping trainer needs to re-assess the type of gloves that are being used; the ricochet Thick gloves are still being used and in my opinion they are not good to use. Those came out back in 2015, and they forced goal-keepers to go out and Fist the ball clear instead of Catching the ball; that brings to mind Hope Solo. I did a lot of goal-keeping in my teens and I always choose a thinner pair of gloves, you can actually grab the ball using those. For example, Christiane Endler uses a thinner type of glove and is one of the best if not the best. South Corea was not a clear challenge and the next game will be much of the same, but it's a fact that the USWNT team is undergoing a reconstruction and the players are still adjusting to one another. I still can see a lack of control, confidence and creativity in the Midfield unit, the team that controls the midfield controls the game; when the team was under Mr. Andonovski he had the same problem, a lack of cohesiveness in Midfield and he wasn't able to fix it. I hope that Ms. Hayes picks up on that and gets to the task because Lindsey Horan's ability and soccer IQ. can not do it alone. Note: Ms. Heath, try to phonetically pronounce the word Era: Eeera, and thank your Debriefing of this game.

hi tobin

Yes Tobin having followed WSL fir years, Emma knows how to get the best out of her players. She studues and reads them, very much like serena weigman. But one jey point to note is she takes know nonsense....here is know I in team.........xx

Go Gays!!!!

I love chri and toe

first comment ❤

@friendoquail

22 күн бұрын

not actually tho

Some very interesting observations! Yep yep yep, re wide players. Sigh. This is why my English team are currently struggling. We have always had the AMAZING Lauren Hemp and Chloe Kelly on the width, and tick tock, tick tock, like clockwork along comes Ellen White our PHENOMENAL goal machine, as well as Tooney and Lessi and Georgia. But! With Ellen White retiring we no longer have that ‘3’ you talk about. James was supposed to fill the gap but she hasn’t shown up yet, and now we have 5 individuals trying to score goals instead of that tight-knot 3some (wings and Ellen) and others joining in, iyswim? As for the gays? Holy cr*p, that must be it?? I do believe we only have Lauren Hemp as our out and out gay rep?? Oh wait…and Keira and Lucy (on the gay periphery) and the newly engaged to Ann Katrin Burger Jess Carter. So scrub that!

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

great mid-sentence reconsideration ROTFL 🙂 just genrally, then how long will it take to have England back together again?

@krisjohnson-proctor355

22 күн бұрын

@@kevinkanter2537 Well…honestly, we are missing a striker and a defender. We have so many truly World Class out players: Hemp, Russo, Kelly, Mead, for starters. All can contribute to our goal tally but NON of them, except pre-ACL Mead, are prolific goal scorers. We have been told that Lauren James is special for so many years but she has yet to show it in an England shirt. We have Leah Williamson and Milly Bright in defence..again, World Class. And for years Alex Greenwood filled the left back or Centre back position flawlessly, but Sarina Weigman doesn’t like her, it seems! So we have any number of really good replacements but not THAT player who can make our defending seamless. If we can get through the hardest Euro Group EVER (don’t start me on FiFa changing the rules which previously - as European Champions and World Cup Finalists - England would have walked into both the Olympics and next Euros 😡), which frankly doesn’t now look probable, AND get Lauren James integrated into the Lionesses and playing her spellbinding best, we’ll be good to go re defending and Winning the Euros next Summer , but… …that was the long answer, sorry 😂. The short answer is we’ll be lucky - with no striker or defender I can think of who is as good as Ellen White and Alex Greenwood - to be back on track by the next World Cup, sigh.

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

@@krisjohnson-proctor355 thank you for such a detailed answer. i've already copied your reply into my cheat sheet for study of the game --- it will come in handy. I hear your pain ---- Ellen White was very special imho. I always root for England - special relationship and all 🙂 --- so I wish you the emergence of those talents you need. for Team GB [so sorry for the travesty of the Olympic qualiying] yep - see you in WC.

@krisjohnson-proctor355

22 күн бұрын

@@kevinkanter2537 Thank you! I admit i’m too nervous to watch the France v England match..tho of course i’ll have it on (whilst doing some pointless cleaning in the kitchen!) just in case we’re 3-0 up (I can dream) and it’s suddenly safe to sit and watch it! Strangely enough, with England out of the Olympics i’m really looking forward to a stress-free watch if it. Like most English fans i’ll be cheering Emma and the US on, but will be intrigued to see how all-dominant Spain, and the Aussies do. Will be a fantastic tournament, i think. 🙏

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

@@krisjohnson-proctor355 funny - cleaning while stressing. btw, i sometimes just record the game and peek @ the final score before looking at the tape --- I'm a wuss at times; no courage of a lion here (much less of a Lioness ... 🙂). I am looking forward to the individual performances and the input from the friendlies leading up to the Olympics. US seems very deep, unlike the WC team ... but, no excuses --- moving on.

Looks like female couch understands female players.

Cant win without the GAYYYYYS

The uswnt hype begins, always the same, a victory over Korea and the whole country comes up and Netflix docu-series Emma Hayes the savior

The sound effects in these videos are unnecessary and distracting. Tobin doesn’t need them. Don’t dilute what she says with dumb effects.

@mikehawkes5329

23 күн бұрын

Agree….totally unnecessary and so distracting.

@bubbleblow7461

23 күн бұрын

No, what? They are funny

@kevinkanter2537

22 күн бұрын

i think we've got some over-production ---- but I'll take it as a way to get asides and some fun inserted during post-recording production --- it doesn't distract me from what Tobin is saying -----but i do understand where you're coming from, probably ....

@jopainting1668

7 күн бұрын

I agree, I'll second that. Also, I'm a huge fan of Tobin and Christen.. they of course can believe, make or sell whatever they want, however as someone who grew up and still has to deal with a ton of homophobia and sexism I find it really hard to swallow seeing a "God loves gays" shirt.. That is just so out of touch with reality and it makes me feel sad that they are trying to in any way to make any organized religion seem less harmful or hateful than it actually is.

@kevinkanter2537

7 күн бұрын

@@jopainting1668 I cannot feel your pain - lack of empathy on my part or depth of your feeling ----- but they are talking about god - not an organized religion nor sect nor denomination nor a specific church-synagogue-cathedral-etc. of course it is really an implicit rebuke to all organized religions that decide what sexual orientation to promote. so--- i have no problem ....

Epic Emma era