The United States Women’s National Team will play friendlies against Columbia in October, a source briefed on the schedule confirmed to The Athletic. Here’s what you need to know:
What they’re saying
USWNT midfielder Lindsey Horan discussed the team’s Women’s World Cup exit, captaining the squad and more with former USWNT players Tobin Heath and Christen Press on their podcast, “The RE-CAP Show,” on Tuesday.
“We did not get the best out of every single individual,” Horan said. “I don’t think everyone was fully prepared, and that’s on us as well.”
Horan also addressed feeling like the USWNT was not set up to succeed, and she suggested the players came together to adapt during the Sweden game.
“At the end of the day, you’re set up in a structure to do this, and your opportunity individually (is) just go play within the structure,” Horan said. “But if you’re not set up — like the game against Sweden, I don’t think we were necessarily set up to play the way that we played. That was just us, finally coming together and being like, this is what we’re gonna do. And then it worked. Then it’s like, ‘Okay, keep doing it.’ Could that have happened earlier? Maybe.”
Required reading
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