The result of the day!
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I will not insult Portugal by saying it was our poor play that lost this match. Os Lobos played very well, and earned this win. But damn, we didn’t have to help them… #rugby #PORvUSA

FFS 🤦‍♂️ #rugby #PORvUSA

My brain keeps trying to interpret these jerseys to mean this is an England/Wales match. It’s very confusing. #rugby #PORvUSA

We just need two converted tries and a penalty in 15 minutes to win. Totally doable! #rugby #PORvUSA

Well crap. Portugal are playing very well today. #rugby #PORvUSA

Wow! Impressive conversion by Portugal! #rugby #PORvUSA

Not quite how I was hoping we’d regain the lead, but ok. 👍 #rugby #PORvUSA

Back to #PORvUSA, let’s go USA! Ándale Los Calvitos! 🦅#rugby

Well that was a fantastic try from Portugal. Damn. #rugby #PORvUSA

Try USA! Back in the lead! 🦅 #rugby #PORvUSA

Switched to #PORvUSA, and this is not as fun to watch so far. Ándale Los Calvitos! 🇺🇸 #rugby

@greub which? #FRAvSCO is on Flo, #PORvUSA is on TRN (starting in 3 minutes).

Quelqu'un a un lien pour #PORUSA #PORvUSA #Rugby J'ai été sur The Rugby Network, mais il n'y est pas. Ou alors je l'ai pas trouvé.

Hmm, after this half I’m going to have to pick between finishing #FRAvSCO or switching to #PORvUSA. Decisions, decisions… #rugby

One more, an epic one:

Tobin Heath: "I'm like, how do you get a player who should be up for best player in the world, how do you get this caliber of individuals that are so good and make them look so bad?"

🤯 Tobinha strikes! 😳

@wwc

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"What a 4-3-2-1 would allow USA to do is rather than have Horan and Rose high early, which I don't think helps with their buildout ... and [the 4-3-3] is not allowing the fullbacks to get high, they're a little hesitant to do that, because there's so much space in the middle with Andi [Sullivan] on her own.

"That little tiny tweak - it's just, Lindsey, let's not start high, let's start low and go high later."

Heath nods and nods.

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Tobin Heath: "If you're the coach, where do you start in this next game?"

Jess Fishlock: "The very first thing that I would be doing is going into a 4-3-2-1, and that's the very first change that I would make without a single second of hesitation."

Heath: "That's to create stability?"

Fishlock: "Create stability, but create space, and help with the balance issues that we have."

(Note: Fish using "we" for the #USWNT!! +1 Tziarra King. 🤣)

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"When that happened, I was like, they figured it out."

Heath: "This is it, yeah!"

Fishlock: "Oh, OK, yeah, we've got it, it takes time to figure that stuff out! So when that happened, I was like, they've got it, we know what to do: In to one of the sixes, switch in play, out wide, 1v1. ... I was like, we got it, girls—and then it happened just that once."

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Now Heath is interviewing Jess Fishlock and asking her what "her main issues" are with the #USWNT.

Fishlock: "My biggest concern is that their balance in every single unit is off. ... Balance is what allows creativity, [and] it allows being fluid, it allows you a fluidity of formation too."

(Tactical analysis from Fish coming up in the next post.)

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