_Vic_ Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Might as well kick things off to keep the info in one place. Betting odds of Tokyo happening is up to a 74% probability from 65% about a month ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 The draw is on Wednesday, April 21st at 4am Eastern / 1am Pacific. I won't be watching live! Match #2 of China vs South Korea & Cameroon vs Chile are both this upcomming Tuesday. By Tuesday afternoon we will know the field. The new rankings come out on Friday, April 16th. Those are the ones that will be used.https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/ipv0vqlyvdyxstuwdshs.pdf If we use current rankings (Dec 2020) it would be:https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/ Japan (host) USA Netherlands ----- Sweden Team GB Australia ------ Brazil Canada China / South Korea --------- New Zealand Chile / Cameroon Zambia With those draw procedures, based on current rankings, The Netherlands would need to face Australia (the only non-European team in Pot #2). Pia Sundhage decided to have a training camp during this current window for the Brazil Team without any actual matches.https://www.cbf.com.br/selecao-brasileira/noticias/selecao-feminina/pia-sundhage-prega-por-unidade-e-espirito-coletivo-durante-periodo-pre This might actually pay off because because Australia just lost to Germany in a friendly and if they lose to The Netherlands too, I'm pretty sure Brazil will overtake them and be in Pot 2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Odds of them taking place hasn't really moved in a month, still hovering around the 75% mark. North Korea becomes the first country to pull out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 hour ago, _Vic_ said: Odds of them taking place hasn't really moved in a month, still hovering around the 75% mark. North Korea becomes the first country to pull out. They have a face-saving excuse to do so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 A lot of huge matches today! China breaks South Korean hearts in overtime to qualify with a goal at the 105th. Chile holds on to beat Cameroon. The field is set. New rankings are out on Friday and the draw is Wednesday next week. In today's friendlies, Sweden beats Poland The Netherlands smash 5 goals past Autralia (I think this will help Brazil leap frog past them in the rankings) In EURO qualifying Switzerland beats the Czech team on penalties to break their hearts and qualify for the Euro. Russia beats Portugal to qualify once again. Northern Ireland beats Ukraine to qualify for their first major tournament! That Czech team, despite the loss, would make for a great friendly opponent in June. I don't think we've ever played that nation + the US hasn't played them in over 20 years. We should team up to invite them to North America as we have done in the past with other teams (like we were going to do in April last year vs Australia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 A little bit of help here. How many women players can be taken to the Tokyo Olympics and of those how many must be goalkeepers? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, The Ref said: A little bit of help here. How many women players can be taken to the Tokyo Olympics and of those how many must be goalkeepers? Thanks. I think they said on the broadcast today it's 18 players. I didn't hear them mention keepers though. The Ref 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloth8 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Kent said: I think they said on the broadcast today it's 18 players. I didn't hear them mention keepers though. Yes, squad of 18 and two of them must be goalkeepers. 4 alternates can also be named to the squad. https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/regulations-for-the-olympic-football-tournaments.pdf?cloudid=vpmqxgj1z19zqwirsz3t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) New rankings are here:https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/ Update on the Pots here:https://www.fifa.com/news/teams-ranked-and-allocated-for-tokyo-2020-olympic-football-drawshttps://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/draw-procedures-women-s-olympic-football-tournament-tokyo-2020.pdf?cloudid=ipv0vqlyvdyxstuwdshs Brazil did leapfrog Australia! We are in a Pot with 2 AFC teams. "The general principle for each tournament’s draw is to ensure that no group has more than one team from the same confederation." If the above is applied then: Brazil, as the only non-UEFA team in Pot 2, must be in the same group as the Netherlands. Canada as the only, non-AFC team in Pot 3, must be in the same group as Japan. Group E Japan Sweden or Team GB Canada ½ Chile or ¼ New Zealand or ¼ Zambia Group ? USA Sweden or Team GB China or Australia ½ Chile or ¼ New Zealand / ¼ Zambia Group ? The Netherlands Brazil China or Australia New Zealand or Zambia Edited April 16, 2021 by Olympique_de_Marseille sloth8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Also assuming "The general principle for each tournament’s draw is to ensure that no group has more than one team from the same confederation.", because we would be in Group E we already know some of our schedule Wednesday July 21st 3:30am Eastern / 12:30am Pacific or 6:30am Eastern / 3:30am Pacific Sapporo Dome Saturday July 24th 3:30am Eastern / 12:30am Pacific or 6:30am Eastern / 3:30am Pacific Sapporo Dome Tuesday July 27th 7:00am Eastern / 4:00am Pacific Rifu or Kashima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 rkomar, Kent, Olympique_de_Marseille and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 With those circular flags it almost looks like Canada is in a group with Great Britain, Chile, and OneSoccer N1ckbr0wn, Olympique_de_Marseille, MtlMario and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicdan Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 https://canplbrasil.blogspot.com/2021/04/canada-conhece-suas-adversarias-nas.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Brazil will be based in Portland in the USA for 21 days before flying out to Japan. https://odia.ig.com.br/esporte/2021/04/6130615-pia-sundhage-preve-dificuldades-para-selecao-feminina-na-fase-de-grupos-em-toquio-2021.html New Zealand is not sure if they will play any games before the actually Olympics! https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/124833204/football-ferns-could-go-500-days-without-a-game-before-tokyo-olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympique_de_Marseille Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 On 4/13/2021 at 4:47 PM, Olympique_de_Marseille said: That Czech team, despite the loss, would make for a great friendly opponent in June. I don't think we've ever played that nation.... I'm very happy with this choice of opponent. I thought that if we played them it would be in the USA, but Spain is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Roster is supposed to be announced today at 11am ET Olympique_de_Marseille 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Norrin Radd, Kent and Ivan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlfan Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Here is the roster: Huitema and Schmidt are cut but will go as alternates along with McLeod and Carle. Too may bad passes Sophie. Carle and Huitema should improve and be back. It is only the Olympics and not the big one being the World Cup. A short tough tournament but without France Germany and Spain not competing at least a bronze I expect. SÉLECTION DU CANADAGK- Stephanie Labbé | SWE / FC RosengårdGK- Kailen Sheridan | USA / NJ/NY Gotham FCCB- Kadeisha Buchanan | FRA / FCF Olympique LyonnaisCB- Vanessa Gilles | FRA / FC Girondins de BordeauxCB- Shelina Zadorsky | ENG / Tottenham HotspurFB- Allysha Chapman | USA / Houston DashFB- Ashley Lawrence | FRA / Paris Saint-GermainFB- Jayde Riviere | USA / University of MichiganM- Jessie Fleming | ENG / Chelsea FCM- Julia Grosso | CAN / University of Texas at AustinM- Quinn | USA / OL ReignM- Desiree Scott | USA / Kansas City NWSLF- Janine Beckie | ENG / Manchester City FCF- Adriana Leon | ENG / West Ham United FCF- Nichelle Prince | USA / Houston DashF- Deanne Rose | USA / University of FloridaF- Christine Sinclair | USA / Portland Thorns FCF- Evelyne Viens | USA / NJ/NY Gotham FCRemplaçantes:GK- Erin McLeod | USA / Orlando PrideFB- Gabrielle Carle | USA / Florida State UniversityM- Sophie Schmidt | USA / Houston DashF- Jordyn Huitema | FRA / Paris Saint-Germain lamptern and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 Seem to remember something saying alternates travel and train with the team. Oh sorry, did I go in too hard in training? Your leg is broken? So sad, I wonder who is the alternate? Sorry but I can't see university players having anywhere near the value add of an almost fifteen year pro or a player who one of the best teams in the world is confident putting on the field in the last 15-20 to try and win a game. Picking players in school is disrespectful to the craft and trade of professional players. When you make selections like this you lose all credibility talking about the value of professionalism of the women's game. Put kids in school on the field in professional situations over the course of a season and see how much you like them, let alone intense situations like this will be. Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkomar Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 If you're talking about Grosso for Schmidt, I don't think one is a swap for the other. Grosso usually replaces Scott as defensive midfielder. Given Scott's age, I think she needs a like-for-like replacement towards the end of most games now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) It wasn't about anyone in particular, just an observation. I've always been a huge fan of Desiree Scott's but during the friendlies it was pretty hard not to notice immediately that her touch was extremely off. She always had a very high pass completion rate because she 'destroyed' and then only passed short. I think if anyone tracked her stats including turnovers there would have been a big difference to the past. She's two years younger than Rapinoe and playing in a holding role, she should be fine to go 90 if her fitness is up. If it isn't that's frankly unacceptable but the alternative would be as you say sharing the role or skipping matches. Edited June 27, 2021 by _Vic_ Unnamed Trialist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 4/21/2021 at 5:11 AM, narduch said: Looking at our group...with our women our group looks pretty favorable. We have the Japanese and they are probably our toughest opponents. With the UK, I mean we can definitely beat them. We can definitely beat Chile. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Vic_ Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 July 21 - Japan - 7:30pm local, 6:30am EDT, 3:30am PDT July 24 - Chile - 4:30pm local, 3:30am local, 12:30am PDT July 27 - Team GB - 8:00pm local, 6:00am EDT, 3:00am PDT Tough times for viewing. The Japanese have been soft the past couple years and are area codes away from the heavyweight material of the USA and the Netherlands in the other two groups. With GB it depends on the day, we roll back and forth with them. Chile play tight games with everyone and tied Germany 0-0 a couple weeks ago. Coming third in group means a date with the USA who we play more than anyone and have not beat in 20+ years. We are ranked above Japan and could steal points as they'll be under a world of pressure playing at home on opening day. The WSL has made Team GB pretty formidable but they are in coaching transition and could either come out like a lion or a lamb. Chile is going to cause someone a headache, let's pray it's not us. DavemTFC and rkomar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I agree with the comment @_Vic_about university players. Set a standard, hopefully we'll soon be beyond the amateurs. Leaving off Huitema who was on a top team, as a sub, okay. But Beckie was mostly a sub for ManCity--and what was her goal total? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Beckie may have asked to be left off the alternate list. She's working the Euros for TSN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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