How the USWNT won their 4th World Cup

The USWNT conquered the World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands in a tactical and emotional battle. Scoreless in the first half against a really organized team that focused entirely in retiring space to the US build-up and controlling the inner space of their block, the USWNT came back with more option for the second half, creating more chances and getting closer to Van Veenendaal’s goal.

“Simply the best”

With the best attack of the competition, this USWNT was probably the most complete and deep team not only in this tournament, but probably in the history of Women’s soccer. In a campaign where all the field players got minutes, everyone showed quality to start in most of the other teams. While Rose Lavelle (third best player of the competition), Lindsey Horan and Sam Mewis showed that quality is granted for the future of the USWNT, players like Ali Krieger,  Carli Lloyd, Christen Press or Mallory Pugh showed that this team is much more than just a quality starting eleven, as some people argued.

It was not an easy route to the final, but the USWNT showed to be able to control games that were not easy at all. Teams like Spain and Netherlands were defensively brilliant, with just some individual mistakes that led to penalties. After scoring the first goal in every game they played, the team showed experience, knowledge of the game and composure in every moment, even after mistakes that allowed the opposition to score goals (Spain and England).