That was discussed in one article I read on the game. Something like 30 or so was the average age of the starters, and the subs were like 32, 35 and 39 or something like that. Don’t remember what they said about Sweden but they did note their team was significantly younger.
Prior to the expansion of Olympic rosters from 18 to 22 players, with the inclusion of alternates on the full squad, the average age for the USWNT was 30.8 years. Now, it’s 29.7, but the point stands: While there are some young players on the rise and others firmly in their prime, this is not a young team.
I didn’t see anything about the average age of the Swedish team.
Maybe on nothing. I mostly watch Netflix and broadcast TV, but my antenna doesn’t pick up NBC. And it looks like NBC won’t let me watch anything but interviews and crap on my Roku without a subscription to NBC sports, which is pricy.
Hulu or YouTube TV apparently will carry it, but it’s $65 for one month. Am i really going to watch $65 worth of coverage?
Husband did that this morning and watched the opening ceremonies.
The music the competitors are walking out to he recognizes from video games like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. I hope they come out to some Attack on Titan music
This is an older roster than the 2015 World Cup team, which was about 29.4 and intentionally constructed to win the tournament by eschewing player development of the youngsters at the national level. Even the 2019 World Cup team had an average age of about 29.3, and that went fine.
Do I think we need to get younger? Yeah, especially at forward where our best players are 32 or older. [Lynn Williams is the lone forward under 32, and at age 28 she’s only got 37 caps.] Wouldn’t hurt if we got younger on defense as well. USA 0-3 Sweden isn’t a death knell for the squad, but it is a wake-up call that they can’t just step on the pitch and roll like they have, and they’ll need to go WW to make sure they get out unless someone else gets waxed by Sweden too. I’d rather get a crappy performance out of the way now instead of float through the group stage and then get shocked in the quarters.
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Yesterday, I see a story that Bam Adebayo broke an unwritten rule by taking Kevin Durrant’s made shot out of the net and not giving it back to him.
Then today there is a story that the whole USA Olympic Team sang happy birthday to KD in the tunnel before entering the stadium for the opening ceremonies. But KD’s birthday isn’t until September.
USWNT 6-1 New Zealand. We scored as many goals as we had waived off, and got 2 own goals to boot. Puts us in control of the 2nd spot in the group, could set up a WC2019 rematch in the quarters.
I’m watching the opening ceremonies. It’s… Very different. No spectators is bizarre. Almost all the athletes in the procession of nations are masked. Many of the masks reflect the national flags. A few athletes are unmasked, which i understand. But a few are wearing masks below their nose. Really?
The signs are all Manga themed, designed to look like speech bubbles. I don’t recognize videogame music, but i gather all the music is from video games.
A lot of the athletes look serious, but the Afghan athletes look anxious. I don’t think Japan is a good nation to ask for asylum, though. (Apparently, one guy from Uganda fled the Olympic village thinking he’d somehow hide in Japan.)
I don’t understand the “Russian Olympic committee” thing.
