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ASN Morning Read: One More for the World Cup
The United States women's national team easily defeats an opponent in the nation's capital; a young forward struggles to find a club; DeAndre Yedlin goes searching for some new kicks.
BY
Noah Davis
Posted
October 21, 2014
7:42 AM
The American women's team got goals from Carli Lloyd, Abby Wambach, Morgan Brian, Christen Press, and a highlight-reel one from Meghan Klingenberg, walking over Haiti at RFK Stadium on Monday night. With the win, the squad advanced to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Championship and one win away from World Cup qualification. “It’s not just the score. We talked about performance,” Coach Jill Ellis said. “I definitely think we are moving in the right direction. .?.?. I am pleased, but this team has an expectation that there is another level to go to.”
Highlights?
One of the emerging starts of the USWNT is Lauren Holiday, who gets the profile treatment in SI.com: U.S. women’s national team midfielder Lauren Holiday and her husband, the NBA point guard Jrue Holiday, may play entirely different sports, but that doesn’t mean their playing styles have to be all that different from each other. Jrue is an All-Star for the New Orleans Pelicans, and if there was such a thing as a point guard in soccer, well, Lauren would be it. “We definitely want to get the people around us involved,” says Lauren. “I’m not going to dribble past 11 people upfield. I have to combine with my teammates. And his game is very similar to that.”
Juan Agudelo will not move to Wolves due to a lack of match fitness.
“To get him up to Championship standard he’d need to play games and it’s hard to go from nothing straight into the Championship,” head coach Kenny Jackett told reporters. “That can be tough, and while the odd player does it, most people don’t. You need a run of games and need to build up. It was nothing to do with his ability levels, just that he hasn’t played." What did he expect?
Cancel the trip to London:
Or maybe not:
Sneaker shopping with DeAndre Yedlin. Can we talk about his jeans?
