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Jeff Kassouf
WASHINGTON — Canada head coach Casey Stoney stated her workforce’s efficiency in Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to the United States at Audi Area was “inexcusable.”
“Speak is reasonable,” Stoney stated. “We will preserve speaking about profitable the World Cup, we are able to discuss concerning the issues that we’re going to do. We will preserve speaking about what we’ll do, or we are able to truly put issues into motion.”
The USWNT scored all three objectives from set performs — a free kick, a nook kick, and a throw-in — which ahead Jordyn Huitema referred to as “disappointing and in contrast to us.”
“I feel we appeared two yards brief on the whole lot,” Stoney stated. “We gave the ball away too many instances. I will replicate right here first — that is my job. I consider on this workforce — on how I set the workforce up. I feel too many particular person poor performances, collectively poor.”
Stoney stated the workforce did not execute its gameplan, citing the variety of crosses they despatched into the field regardless of a plan that referred to as for fewer crosses. Stoney additionally stated she thought her workforce lacked dedication and need, misplaced too many duels, and did not press the USWNT.
Sam Coffey opened the scoring for the People within the seventeenth minute when she buried a unfastened ball from Rose Lavelle’s free kick. The USWNT added a second earlier than halftime when an unmarked Claire Hutton rose as much as head in Lavelle’s nook kick uncontested.
Yazmeen Ryan scored the People’ third objective within the ultimate minutes on a play that began as a throw-in for the People.
United States coach Emma Hayes stated that her veteran gamers “made positive we performed the way in which we needed to play; we did not play one other recreation.”
Stoney took exception together with her gamers’ health ranges, and stated on a number of events that they would wish to search out higher options with their golf equipment.
“I feel you’ll be able to inform, each single one among their gamers is beginning each single week for his or her golf equipment,” Stoney stated. “I’ve an issue: my gamers aren’t. A few of them are out of season, which it confirmed, and never enjoying sufficient minutes for his or her golf equipment, so that should change.
“That is going to be a powerful message transferring ahead: Get enjoying otherwise you will not get picked, as a result of we won’t have that. We need to attempt to construct towards 2027; we should be a hell of lots higher than we had been tonight.”
Each Stoney and Hayes stated within the preparation for the match that it could be a measuring stick for them to see how their respective groups had progressed with new, much less skilled gamers.
Stoney, who took fault for the outcome as nicely, stated the loss will pressure her to rethink her plans.
“Tonight, we had been miles off,” Stoney stated. “It is virtually [like] the video games we had in prep for this have not ready us. That is the primary prime opponent we performed, and it reveals the place we’re at.”