WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The Women's World Cup's longtime mentality monsters spent an hour on the ropes here Thursday.
They powered through a shaky first half and into an irresistible ascendency as the second half wore on. For 45 minutes, they’d drifted in and out of the game, losing touch with it, allowing the Netherlands to dictate it. But after halftime, they roared back, got a goal and hunted for a second — and answered one gargantuan question.
No, their physical fitness and technical skill are no longer miles clear of their European challengers. But yes, this evolving collection of players, headlined by a new generation of stars, with six World Cup debutants in the starting 11, is stillThe U.S. program’s legacy, solidified over three dominant decades, has been three-pronged. It’s been built on talent, off-field advocacy and on-field mentality. The former is clearly waning relative to peers. The activism never will.
The kids had never faced a moment like Thursday's. The most analogous matches had ended inauspiciously. The U.S. had played four games against elite European teams since the 2021 Olympics, after which the roster began to evolve; it had trailed in all four of those games, and lost three of them. It hadn't coped well with the Wembley Stadium stage in a
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