USWNT beat Canada last night in soccer's She Believes Cup. The women are 2-0, with one to play, against Columbia. They should win that game, and a tie would secure a win in the tournament (it's our home tourney, so they should win).
Girls have looked talented, but not especially well connected. In the first game, against Argentina, they went with a pretty young lineup. Took a relatively easy 2-0 win, but would have liked to see more scoring chances. Against Canada, they had a more experienced lineup, and had a decent number of chances, but only put one home. They need to get more clinical in their finishing, and--particularly with a new line of forwards, and likely a new attacking formation going forward (4-2-3-1, as opposed to their traditional 4-3-3), they need more reps to build cohesion, particularly between the lines. They are deep with talent, but need to find more goals. This is somewhat expected given the coach's effort to develop new talent over the last year, in which they haven't fielded consistent lineups. She's now focused on building the World Cup roster for next year, so she's now only looking at potential WC roster players, and she's looking for the right combination.
I'm not sold on Lindsey Heaps as a starting 8 (midfielder) for them. I know she has lots of soccer smarts and she's physically tough, but I think she's lost a step (or maybe never had it), and I feel like there are better, younger players waiting to take her place. She might be the Roy Kent of the USWNT (except not that old).
