#spain olympic squad

[thiagodasilva]

OLYMPIC FINALISTS!

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

They are clearly on the warpath with BRF right now. Interview, security articles, followed by yet another fake royal tour announcement. Wonder what they are temper tantruming about. It’s a bigger one than usual.

Well, let's review what happened recently.

For the BRF:

Kate made an appearance after three months' privacy and the world flipped out. Meghan makes an appearance after three months' privacy and no one gives a hoot.

William had a birthday.

William went to the Eras Tour.

William honored his father for Father's Day with a picture of him and his father. Harry (via Sussex Squad mouthpieces) flipped out that he wasn't included.

Kate made an appearance after 2-3 weeks' privacy and the world flipped out.

William got new patronages and new presidencies.

William had appearances with the King of Denmark and the King of Spain for football.

The BRF's financial reports came in. They made a boatload of money.

Charles and Camilla announced the first major foreign royal tour of their monarchy: Australia in October.

Anne was hospitalized and had to scale down her schedule for a bit because there was no one to backfill her.

Anne is representing the BRF and the UK at the Olympics.

Charles and Camilla attended the State Opening of Parliament.

The BRF had Holyrood Week and last year's photos of William and Kate made the rounds again.

William hosted a garden party with Peter, Zara and Mike, Beatrice, and Eugenie.

William played polo at Windsor Castle.

And let's recap the Sussexes:

Harry was accused of hiding and destroying evidence in his phone-hacking lawsuit.

Harry got Charles's top courtiers dragged into his phone-hacking lawsuit.

Meghan's dog biscuits and raspberry jelly were universally panned.

Meghan was trolled by the press for promoting her business while Kate was making her first public appearance in 3 months.

The Sussexes were late on paying administrative fees for their charity and it was global news.

They were not invited to Balmoral this year.

[didalexiabreakupwitholgayet]

this is deffo my most controversial opinion, but despite having arguably the most talented squad, I don’t think Spain are going to have as great of an Olympics as everyone expects. I’ve got them out in either the quarter finals or semi. On paper they are definitely the team to beat, but the Olympics is such a different beast than the World Cup and Euros. It doesn’t matter if you have the best squad or play the best football, i.e. Canada in Tokyo. With the small roster size and quick turn around the Olympics is all about game management, injury management, and rotation, trying to make sure that your players remain fit. I just don’t think Montse is going to be able to do that. It’s also important to note that this is every one of these players and I’m assuming a large chuck of staff’s first Olympics. And I think this is where they’ll struggle

i don't think it's a controversial opinion at all, anon. the olympics are one of the most difficult tournaments to win because of the compressed schedule and smaller roster. and sometimes you have to grind out a win. like canada's run at the olympics in tokyo was not beautiful football at all (sorry canadians! 😅), but they got the job done and that's what counts in the end.

montse is an idiot and will not be of any help. however, if the veteran players can problem solve where needed and take advantage of lapses in concentration of the other team, then there is potential. that's why i still view us as the favourites.

well, as montse is useless and can't be trusted, she'll probably keep throwing lucía into the starting XI, but jenni as false 9 is the best place for her, and i would rather a mariona-jenni-salma front 3 than whatever the heck we had with eva-lucía-athenea. remember that salma can play on the wings! and god knows why she put alba redondo as an alternate and not a super sub but it is what it is. 🤷‍♀️

[leveloneandup]

Tobin and Christen Discuss the World Cup Finals with Lindsey Horan and Allyson Swaby ⚽️ | Episode 8

Tobin and Christen present the final episode of The RE—CAP Show: World Cup Edition. In this episode they celebrate both England and Spain making it to the finals and put extra attention on the World Cup Champions; Spain. Then, Christen chats with Jamaica’s captain, Allyson Swaby, on Jamaica’s incredible run in the World Cup and how they surpassed expectations despite their lack of financial support. Then, Tobin and Christen are joined by the captain of the USWNT, Lindsey Horan to discuss Lindsey’s admiration of Tobin as a teammate from an early age, the responsibility she felt leading the American squad this World Cup, her goals for the Olympics and so much more. Finally, Tobin and Christen reflect on their first season of The RE—CAP Show and why they were inspired to pursue it. What do they want to see in women’s sports media? How do they plan to be a part of it? And why Ally is such an important partner to support the game’s growth? And, as always, community questions, a World Cup Finals prediction and Tobin’s Top Things! Thanks to everyone who supported this season!

[aus-wnt]

CommBank Matildas’ defenders Steph Catley and Kaitlyn Torpey will be unavailable for this weekend’s upcoming match against Canada in Marbella, Spain.

Australia will host world number eight Canada on Saturday, 13 July 2024 (local) at 9.00pm CEST in their final hit out before the Paris 2024™ Olympic Games.

Catley will continue to rehabilitate following a lower leg injury sustained prior to arriving in Australia’s extended training camp last week.

Torpey sustained a lower leg injury and was placed on the unavailable list for San Diego Wave’s National Women’s Soccer League match against the Portland Thorns on 6 July.

Both players will remain with the squad in the extended training camp during their rehabilitation.

Defender Winonah Heatley has been called up as an additional training player for the July FIFA Women’s International Window. The 23-year-old enters the camp off the back of a strong season in Denmark.

The FC Nordsjælland captain helped her side to their first Elitedivisionen title, scoring a decisive goal in the final match of the season to clinch the league. Days later Heatley completed the double as FC Nordsjælland lifted the Danish Cup to claim a historic feat.

Following this match against Canada, Australia’s Olympic Squad – led by captain Steph Catley – will relocate to Marseille, France ahead of their opening match against Germany on 25 July 2024.

[wosona]

lucy will only show up to the germany v spain game if it happens to make sure feli doesn’t mess w her girl

feli only getting back into the olympics squad cause she knows she won’t have to face lucy on the pitch 😭

[woso-dreamzzz]

Who's Menor's favourite tennis player for both male and female?

Serena Williams for the women. Menor doesn't think you can find a more iconic female tennis player except maybe Venus. She met Serena once at a tournament and nearly couldn't speak to her because she was so in awe

Andy Murray is her favourite men's player. Menor is in awe over his recovery from his long injury list and the fact that he's still playing. She's excited to see him as the wild card in the Olympics this year

(Menor has been selected for the Olympic squad for Spain)

[wosobronze]

I want Spain to win and they do have the best squad imo but for the Olympics what worries me is the turnaround of games, tactics, squad use / rotation and I’m not sure I trust in montse for that. Hopefully alexia plays a part time manager role 💀

i’m veryyy excited for their game against japan after the world cup shenanigans

but yeah i agree, these tournaments are always such a mix of excitement and then just genuine stress that some of ur favourite players are gunna be burnt out and end up injured.

in la reina we trust✨

[b14augrana]

Hi !! did scrubber play in any under 23 , 17 games for spain or she was directly called upto senior national team for Spain?

She was advised by her agent to turn down call-ups to the U-17 and U-23 squads.

The call-ups were coming in the same season she made her debut for the Barcelona senior women’s squad, and her agent knew that the call-up to the Spanish women’s senior team wouldn’t be too far away after that happened.

Her agent was right. She’s glad she gave up a whole U-17 Euros campaign for an Olympic and Euro-qualifying campaign

[dweemeister]

July 19, 2023

By Naaman Zhou

(The New Yorker) — Last winter, on a cold pitch in London, Liverpool’s women’s team played Chelsea, which was on a seventeen-game unbeaten streak and has lately been one of the dominant teams in English women’s soccer. It was the fourth round of the F.A. Cup, a knockout competition known for the occasional surprise. Liverpool scored twice—but Chelsea had Samantha Kerr. In the thirty-second minute, the twenty-nine-year-old striker received a pass from her teammate Niamh Charles, mid-run, raised a foot near the height of her shoulder, and pummelled the ball left to right into the top corner of the goal. Shortly after halftime, she scored again, off a quick pass, after stepping into a blind spot behind a Liverpool defender. Later, the ball came her way in the air. She jumped, the neck muscles turned, the ball fell in. When the game ended, the score was Liverpool 2, Kerr 3. “It was almost a given, wasn’t it?” a commentator murmured, before it was through.

Afterward, Kerr hugged her teammates and exchanged the customary back pats. Game-changing goals are routine for her—they seem to define the entire season for others. Like all of soccer’s great strikers, Kerr has a full menu of ways to score; commentators like to call it a knack, or an eye for goal. But, with Kerr, it’s all about motion. “Next time you watch her play, see who makes the first movements,” Emma Hayes, her coach at Chelsea, once said. “It’s always Sam.” Carli Lloyd, a two-time World Cup winner with the U.S. team, told me, “She’s a sniper in front of the goal. She will hover, and she will find a way.” Between 2017 and 2022, Kerr was the top scorer in every league she played in, across the highest tiers of Australia, the United States, and England—sometimes simultaneously. It has been nearly four years since she last played a game in the National Women’s Soccer League, in the U.S., but she is still the league’s all-time top scorer, with more goals than Alex Morgan or Megan Rapinoe.

Kerr is also the captain and star player of the national team of Australia, which, along with New Zealand, is hosting the Women’s World Cup. Australia has never advanced further than the quarterfinals. The reigning champion and world No. 1 is the United States. Spain has the best player in the world, the midfielder Alexia Putellas. England won the Euros, and Canada won the gold medal in the Olympics, where Australia finished fourth. Still, in the past few months, the Australian team, known as the Matildas, has beaten or matched several of the world’s best squads. Its second-best player, the defender Ellie Carpenter, is back from a nearly yearlong injury. And there will be a home-field advantage. “I think there’s tremendous pressure,” Lloyd, who will cover this year’s tournament as an analyst for Fox Sports, told me. “If they don’t go far in this World Cup, it’s going to be deemed as a failure.”

[didalexiabreakupwitholgayet]

do you have any predictions on who will make the final olympic squad for spain? i don’t think vicky will end up making the final squad but i wouldn’t be surprised if she’s one of the 4 alternates

so i like vicky as a wildcard. look at how well lamine is doing, so i want to her her availability for selection and throw her into the mix. otherwise, this is the olympics, and so you want to prioritise utility and versatile players than other tournaments given the smaller roster.

anyway, this was the last call up list from montse from may:

so given some recent injuries like esther hurting her foot, this would probably be my final 18 right now:

gk: cata, misa

defense: irene, codina, ona, laia, leila, olga

midfield: aitana, alexia, jenni, tere, vicky

attack: mariona, athenea, salma, lucía, alba

alternates: jana, athenea, oihane, eva

my cuts: lete, inma, maría méndez, maite oroz

[andiessoccerblog]

Group D Breakdown

Expected to move on: England, Denmark

Expected to exit in group stage: China, Haiti

England

FIFA Ranking: 4

Reputation:

England is my favorite to win the World Cup. In 2022 they won the European Womens’ championship, cementing their position as a possible winner of the 2023 World Cup. Despite a few major injuries, the Lionesses are in fine form, and have a really solid core group of women with a good mix of veterans and young (but not inexperienced) talent. Their players mostly play at home in the FAWSL, possibly the best women's league in the world. The FAWSL also attracts international talents, so many of these players are already playing with and against their competitors, learning their styles and skills. Their coach Sarina Wiegman has a great record with England, and with the Netherlands in the 2019 World Cup where they made the final. 

Player Pool:

There are a couple veterans that deserve a call out, like defender Lucy Bronzeand midfielder Jordan Nobbs, but the energy and heart that makes this England squad different from past rosters comes in a group of younger players. Lauren Hemp, Alessia Russo, and Chloe Kelly will be playing in their first World Cup, and have been in outstanding form for their English clubs and at the international level. 

2019 WWC performance:

England did well in group play, led in scoring by Ellen White, who really came into her own this World Cup. They notably defeated previous runner up, Japan. They had perhaps the easiest path to the semifinals, taking on Cameroon and Norway. England was unlucky to come up against the USA in the semifinals instead of the finals, but they followed up their loss to the USA with a loss to Sweden, unlike 2015.

China

FIFA Ranking: 14

Reputation:

China used to be really good. Asia Games champions a couple times, deep runs into World Cups and olympics, but no Gold Medals.In the past, they have recruited top basketball, track, and volleyball players to play soccer in order to be faster and taller than their opponents. It’s an interesting strategy that hasn’t...not...worked. But it hasn’t really worked, either. They are showing an international comeback, including beating South Korea  in the 2022 Asian Cup Finals. They have kept up with teams close to them in rankings, but will struggle against any team in the top 10. 

Player Pool:

All of the players on the team except one  play in China, a league that I do not follow, but one player does play in the USA for Racing Louisville FC, Wang Shuang. Their team looks very different than the squad that represented China in 2019, so standout players are generally unpredictable. I would expect veteran forward Wang Shanshan and defender Lou Jiahui to feature in starting lineups.

2019 WWC performance:

China didn’t play horribly, but they weren’t the team seen in previous years either. They sneaked into the group stage after a loss to Germany by salvaging a tie against Spain. They were eliminated by dark horse Italy in the round of sixteen. In total, they only scored 1 goal in all four games, which means their defense maintained two shutouts and limited opponents’ goals quite well. 

Denmark

FIFA Ranking: 18

Reputation: 

If any group has the potential for a ranking upset, it is this one. Denmark, although ranked below China, has been testing their mettle against all of Europe, and have shown themselves to be a worthy inclusion to the World Cup. It is not their first, in fact it is their fourth World Cup, even though they haven’t qualified since 2007. They have been on the edge of qualifying for World Cups in the past couple years, and  now the expanded field of teams has allowed them back in the cloche, and I don’t see them wasting their opportunity. 

Player Pool:

The Denmark roster boasts players across all of the major leagues in Europe–England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Sweden. Captain Pernille Harder plays for Chelsea FC, one of the best of the best clubs in the world, and is the top all-time goalscorer in Danish football history. Forwards Mille Gejl Jensen and Rikke Madsen have found success at their American club, North Carolina Courage, in the 2023 summer season, which likely helped them onto the roster. 

2019 WWC performance:

Did not qualify

Haiti

FIFA Ranking: 55

Reputation: 

Haiti has never played in a world tournament, and their narrow qualification was a very proud moment for the entire country, and for the larger CONCACAF region. They will probably struggle against the other teams in their group, but it will be valuable experience for the players going forward.

Player Pool:

Melchie Dumorney, midfielder, won the CONCACAF qualifying young player of the tournament, and scored the two decisive goals against Chile to qualify for the World Cup. There are a few players that play college soccer in the USA, but the majority of them play for smaller clubs in France, which does give them experience playing european-style soccer.

2019 WWC performance:

Did not qualify

[alexbkrieger13]

I think part of it is also Peter wanting his long standing veterans to benefit from the results of their long time contribution to women’s football. Namely, players will be paid a lot of money for this world cup. The most ever. Understandable, but if you do that with too many players, basically selecting them for non-sporting reasons, having maybe 5 players in a squad of 23 that have been injured and aren’t match fit (because they haven’t played), then you’ll get punished by the best teams. There’s just no way around that.

Maybe Peter is thinking that we can’t beat Spain or America with a young and inexperienced squad either, so he still wants to go with the veterans and give them a last world cup.

I think this squad has a very good combination of players that have done it before many many times, those who have a lot of international experience but are a bit younger and then a younger group of players that have come in more recently. I think what a lot of this you just have to trust the process realistically they wouldn't have been picked unless they were certain they could go. They're not stupid enough to pull a US Olympic 2021 Style

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