Daily News | Megan Rapinoe rallies the the USWNT for its highest-pressure game in years
There are some definite differences between then and now. The most obvious is that the U.S. wasn’t the reigning champion, never mind the two-time reigning champion it is now. The other is that going into the group stage finale in 2015, the U.S. had a one-point lead over second-place Australia in the standings, instead of being tied for first. So while the finale was a must-win, goal difference wasn’t a factor the way it will be this time.
From a high-level view, though, the two landscapes look pretty similar. So it wasn’t surprising to see a player step up to the podium on Sunday who was there back then and is here now.Vlatko Andonovski liked how the U.S. played vs. the Netherlands, but not many other people did“I think being on the U.S. women’s national team, we kind of always feel like this,” Rapinoe said.
“I mean, this is the tournament — this is what it means, this is the pressure of being the No. 1 team in a World Cup, but this is just the pressure in general of being at the World Cup,” Rapinoe continued. “This moment is going to come no matter what. So it’s not a bad thing, I don’t think, for everyone to be like, ‘OK, let’s strap in and get ready for this game.’”Lindsey Horan’s header saves a 1-1 tie for the U.S. vs.
“Everybody’s like, ‘OK, we have to perform better, and we have to get this result,’” she said. “I think that something that just always gets passed down to the generations of this team is — no, we go into these moments like, ‘Hell yeah, this is exactly where we want to be.’” And as she said a few minutes later, in reflecting on taking everything in at her last World Cup: “I’m trying to stay present as much as possible, but … I just want to [bleeping] win, too. I’m like, ‘Oh, yay, last World Cup, great’ — and I’m like, ‘No, it’s awesome when you win, not when you don’t win.’”
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