Mātakihia ngā takaro matua katoa i te whakataetae a te tīma wahine ā-motu o Amerika ki a Thailand i te Ipu o te Ao Wahine 2019.
Kua tīmata te tīma wahine ā-motu o Amerika ki te tiaki i te taitara o te Ipu o te Ao mō ngā Wahine i runga i te huarahi hītori, whakamīharo hoki – ā, he iti noa iho tēnā kōrero.
E rima ngā whāinga a Alex Morgan, e rua ngā whāinga a Sam Mewis rāua ko Rose Lavelle, me ngā whāinga a Lindsey Horan, Megan Rapinoe, Mal Pugh, me Carli Lloyd i hinga ai a Thailand i te Rōpū F i Parani, he rekoata te nui, 13-0. Hei wāhanga o te hinganga kotahi-taha, i rite a Morgan ki te rekoata a Michelle Akers mō te nuinga o ngā whāinga i roto i te kēmu Ipu o te Ao Wahine, ā, i whakatakoto i te rekoata mō te nuinga o ngā āwhina (e toru), me te mahi i tētahi taahiraa nui ki te whiwhi i te pūtu koura i muri i te kotahi noa te kēmu.
Ko te wā anake i tūtaki ai ēnei kapa e rua tata ki te toru tau ki muri, ā, i toa te US i te whakataetae hoa 9-0 i te whakataetae ā-ao whakamutunga a Heather O'Reilly. I puta anō te ahua o taua mea i te atamira o te Ipu o te Ao Wahine, me te tīmatanga pakari a te US i mua i te huarahi e matapaetia ana he huarahi uaua ake.
Kotahi te panonitanga nui ki te rārangi kaitākaro e tumanakohia ana mō te USA i puta mai i te taha o te parepare pokapū, i reira a Becky Sauerbrunn (whā kaitākaro) i aukatia i te takaro nā te mea he "tūpato" ngā take e kiia nei e te US Soccer. I hoki a Julie Ertz ki te tūranga o Sauerbrunn hei parepare pokapū – te wāhi i wheturangitia ai ia, ā, i puta ake ai ki te atamira o te ao e whā tau ki muri – ā, i uru atu a Mewis ki te rārangi tīmatanga i te taha waenga. I tino pai te haere o ngā mea katoa.
E ai ki ngā tumanakohanga, i te tīmatanga o te pakanga pupuri poi i te nuinga o te wā, i te US. Kāore a Thailand i tino kapi te parepare, ā, i pēhia te waenga o te papa, engari i ngāwari noa te wikitoria a ngā Amerikana. Nā Tobin Heath rāua ko Mewis i ārai i ngā poi i roto i ngā meneti tuatahi e whā, ā, i rere tere atu a Lavelle i te 18 iāri, he āhua pai te aukati i te poi i mua i te taenga atu ki tōna ūnga.
I whakaaro te US kei a rātou te arataki i te meneti ono, engari kāore i whakaaetia te whāinga. I tukuna e Abby Dahlkemper tētahi whiti roa mai i te taha matau, ā, i panaia e Horan ki te waha o te whāinga ki a Morgan, ā, nāna i whiwhi te pā whakamutunga. Heoi, i whakatauhia a Morgan kua takahia te kaute i te taha o te kēmu, ā, i muri i te tirotiro VAR i whakamanahia te whakatau, ka haere tonu te kēmu ki te 0-0.
WHAKATAU!
Wā tuku: Hakihea-03-2019