Kevin Baxter: The U.S. women’s soccer team is struggling at the World Cup. Can it right itself?
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Playing under a first-time World Cup coach and starting a lineup featuring a number of first-time World Cup players, the U.S. won its opener in unimpressive fashion, then settled for a draw in a game it could have won to escape group play for an uncertain trip through the knockout stages. Sound familiar? That first happened in 2015, when the springy legs of defender ...
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Aug 03, 2023
3 minutes
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Playing under a first-time World Cup coach and starting a lineup featuring a number of first-time World Cup players, the U.S. won its opener in unimpressive fashion, then settled for a draw in a game it could have won to escape group play for an uncertain trip through the knockout stages.
Sound familiar? That first happened in 2015, when the springy legs of defender Meghan Klingenberg may have been the only thing that saved the U.S. from a first-round exit. But once the team hit the round of
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