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HARRISON, N.J. -- Forward Catarina Macario will miss the Olympics with what United States women's national team head coach Emma Hayes called "knee irritation" that developed during training this week. Forward Lynn Williams, who participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the 2023 World Cup, will replace Macario on the USWNT's 2024 Olympic roster. Defender Emily Sams will assume Williams' place as one of four alternates for the USWNT. Sams had been training with the USWNT this week. All those moves are still pending approval from the ICO, USOPC, and FIFA, since the deadline for final rosters has already passed. "She's devastated," Hayes said of Macario. "It's not a long-term situation; [she's] just not going to recover in time. Chelsea's Cat Macario will miss the Olympics for the United States due to a knee injury. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images "I'm absolutely gutted for Cat. She's someone who has worked hard within the last 12 months. She's really put in a shift to get there, but it's not to be." Hayes said that Macario will return to London to get treatment with her club and Hayes' former club, Chelsea. The USWNT coach added that Macario had some irritation leading up to training this week. Hayes called the situation "complex." https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40547073/cat-macario-miss-olympics-us-knee-injury

Or so the 2014 Brazilians would want us to believe.

You are a captain who is unable to lead.

Just a reminder, Saudi Arabia had an xG between 0.14 and 0.16… And they scored 2 goals. If Renard can guarantee about 13 TIMES as many goals as your xG against World Cup winners, we should sign him up!!

He likes to work with rising juniors.

Vekic with an extremely efficient first set.

I equate wanting to win a single game with not being willing to do what’s needed to improve. Unwilling to make necessary sacrifices.

So 29 out of 35 Surly voters are idiots. Not surprised. At least we know that 6 out of 35 voters will be around to make sound decisions going forward.

Brooks & Auston Trusty should at least be called in for looks. I hope that the new manager calls in 35 guys and then uses the camps as tryouts to see who makes the rosters for the friendlies. So many times Gregg would call in 25 for a a roster that could see 26 players on the game day squad. So many times the reporters/announcers would dismiss calling in [Player X] or [Player Y], because- “They haven’t been called into camp before, so they won’t be called in for this game.” [Rage+1 emoji] Lastly: I believe that there will be a 2025 Gold Cup. This is a great opportunity to see which players are willing to work their asses off to 1) Make the squad & 2) Win a tournament that we absolutely should win.

Gauchos y sus chinas! 🧉🇺🇾

I was going to say that if Nuñez’s aim on his punches is the same as his shots, everyone in the stands should be fine. He shoots like a cross-eyed guy who’s lost his glasses.

I won’t page him, but now that we’re recruiting him, can we tweet at Klopp? It could only help, right?

Tab Ramos was a wizard on the ball. He sucks as a manager, but was a he'll of a player. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, so he grew up in The States in a soccer household. Speaking of Uruguay... The three remaining managers in the Copa America are Argentines. Coincidence? Ja ja ja ja ja... No me jodas, che!

Maybe Emma Hayes will pull double duty. Tag-team. She’s burly enough to handle the abuse. I have no doubt that she would be a better coach/manager than Gregg.

Fucking… EVER !!!

Panama!!!!🇵🇦

If Gregg gets retained as an assistant coach…

“Hearing chatter”.. Your sources at US Soccer?

NIKE is finding funds to help US Soccer land Juergen Klopp. This has nothing to do with college football.

England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Has something happened to Southgate? Wreck on the autobahn?

As I mentioned before, some part of the 1982 Final was shown on poor people English speaking TV. We didn’t have a color TV yet, but I definitely remember seeing the dying minutes of West Germany v Italy on over the airwaves TV. They then showed the Italian backups flooding the field after the game. I was pulling for West Germany due to ancestry and familiarity with German soccer due to “Soccer Made In Germany”, which was a weekly highlight on Saturdays, I believe, shown on regular TV. Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soccer_Made_in_Germany According to this, perhaps I turned on the game late (ABC) or I caught the PBS segment afterwards.

Canadians weren’t properly coached at a young age and had no idea what they were truly up against.

Rodrigo De Paul is kind of like Deadpool. He keeps getting killed, or we think he’s dead, and then he keeps coming back to life. Like a modern day Lazarus! Same could be said for Ángel Di María. Argentina has an Angel and a Messiah, both from Rosario, and a Lazarus as well.

Argentina was just saved by Giants’ Stadium’s shitty slow grass. If the grass at Hard Rock Stadium is slick & fast, rather than like Velcro, Colombia 🇨🇴 can fly right by Argentina. Uruguay 🇺🇾 can get by, but they can’t hit the broad side of a barn. 🎯Sniper just killed De Paul!