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Team USA vs. Germany: Pivotal Olympic Soccer Match
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8/6/2024
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And welcome back in Newswire here on the SportsGrid Network.
00:09
I'm Joe Renneri in for Craig Mish and we've got Olympics on our mind, especially Team
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USA, who has a pretty big match coming up on the soccer pitch for the women in just
00:25
less than an hour with an opportunity to continue their quest for a gold medal, and we welcome
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in our good friend Kyle Bond here, who is also waiting patiently for this to get going
00:38
on the pitch here, because why not?
00:40
I think this should be a fantastic match to this particular point, right?
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Team USA taking on Germany in the front end of this, then we'll have Brazil versus Spain
00:50
at 3 o'clock.
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So let's start with Team USA, your thoughts on this match and how are we betting it?
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Yeah, so this match is an interesting one because the U.S. dominated Germany and everybody
01:03
else in their group in the first three matches that they played at the Olympics, and then
01:08
all of a sudden it ground to a halt against Japan.
01:11
Japan sat back in that low block defensively and just frustrated the U.S. the whole time.
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They got the winning goal finally in extra time from Trinity Rodman, but it took a long
01:22
time to get there and they didn't look great in the process.
01:25
So now you come into this game going, which version of the U.S. are we going to get?
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Are we going to get the prolific team that dominated the group stage, scored a bunch
01:34
of goals, or are we going to get the team that looked like they reverted back to all
01:38
their troubles that they had back last summer in the Women's World Cup?
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So kind of difficult to know which team is going to come out and play.
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Now, I think you're going to probably get the good U.S. team that played well in the
01:51
group stage.
01:52
They beat Germany 4-1 in that group stage and they played really well against teams
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that tried to play with them, play at them.
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They struggle against teams that sit back defensively and frustrate them, which to be
02:08
honest with you, many teams struggle against because that's the whole point of sitting
02:11
back defensively is to prevent the other team from scoring and frustrate them.
02:16
So sometimes it does have a good effect against the U.S. when you sit back defensively.
02:22
Germany's not really that team.
02:23
They're one of the best teams in Europe.
02:25
They don't want to sit back defensively.
02:27
They want to get up on the front foot and play the way they want to play.
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So I think the U.S. will have chances to score in this game.
02:35
They've preached patience this whole tournament.
02:38
I think they'll come out on top.
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It's good to know that they can win in both those ways though, right?
02:45
They can win.
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If you want to get into a shootout, we're able to do it.
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If you want to make it a grind it disgusting game like we saw with Japan, they have the
02:52
ability to win those two here.
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Are you leaning towards more goals than less goals in this match?
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Yes, I would say so.
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Like I said, 4-1 was the final in the group stage.
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The U.S. has such a prolific attack.
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They really have revitalized those front three.
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Mallory Swanson being back when she was injured for the World Cup last year is such a huge
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addition.
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Trinity Rodman is a gamer.
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And Sophia Smith continues to crop up in front of goal.
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One thing I worry about is tired legs.
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Emma Hayes refused to make a single substitution through the entire 90 minutes of regulation
03:33
against Japan.
03:34
They started to tire.
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She's hammered the starters.
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The whole tournament, just throwing them out there and going, you're my 11.
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Make it happen.
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Germany had a couple of late injuries this morning, both up front in the attack.
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So that also scares me a little bit.
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But I think the U.S., if you're going to play goals in this one, I would say play the U.S.-specific
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over.
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Alexandra Popp is ill for this game.
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She's their main goal scorer for Germany.
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She's out.
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And they also lost their other striker as well.
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So Germany's got a little bit of issues up front in the attack.
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They have a lot of good players, but some of their most prolific attackers are not playing
04:13
in this game.
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So if you're going to play an over, I would say play either the U.S. on the spread.
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So maybe to win by a half goal or a goal and a half.
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Or play the U.S.-specific over, because I do think there's going to be some goals in
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this game for them.
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I would hesitate against anything like both teams to score or the general game over.
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I don't know how much Germany can contribute.
04:38
Yeah.
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Well, it's a much different format than a World Cup, too, right?
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Smaller teams, smaller rosters, six games in 17 days.
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There could be some tired legs out there.
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Maybe not for Spain, though.
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They seem to be the favorite still on the board.
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They've got an interesting one against Brazil at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
04:58
What are you looking at in this one?
04:59
Yeah.
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Spain, both on the men's and women's side, just continue to show incredible moxie.
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Both teams just continuing to come back from early deficits and win games.
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Really, really impressive.
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And because of that, I like the second half to have more goals than the first.
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I think that's where you would be looking at in a game like this.
05:20
Brazil will try their absolute best to keep Spain off the score sheet.
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But man, that has been a difficult task for anybody in this tournament.
05:29
Brazil without Marta in this game.
05:32
She was suspended two games for a red card.
05:35
She's retiring at the end of the Olympics.
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But the fact that they won in the quarterfinals means she will take the field at the end of
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her career in some capacity.
05:44
It just remains to be seen whether that will be in the final or in the bronze medal game.
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But she will get another game in her career, which is great to see.
05:51
We were kind of worried that her legendary career, one of the best players ever in women's
05:56
football, would go out of her career on a red card.
05:59
That would be really unfortunate.
06:00
But she will get to see the field again.
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Just we're not sure where.
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But I think Spain comes through with it.
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I picked Spain to win both the men's and the women's tournament.
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And right now, I just don't see anybody throwing them off course.
06:13
I think the U.S. can beat them.
06:15
They're the biggest threat to them on the women's side.
06:17
But both teams just continue to take punches and come out with a win.
06:22
Yeah.
06:23
Well, it's pretty impressive stuff here, Spain.
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Women's are reigning Women's World Cup champions, too, now with an opportunity to add a gold
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medal.
06:31
Real quick here, Kyle, on the men's side here, another interesting final between France and
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Spain here.
06:39
Is this a toss-up game to you as well?
06:42
Yeah.
06:43
France look good, man.
06:44
My goodness.
06:46
I would play maybe even the money line draw there at plus 240 to have it go to extra time
06:51
because both these teams are playing really, really well.
06:55
Thierry Henry is the coach for France, and he has led them back from a couple of early
06:59
deficits as well.
07:00
Both these teams just show real, real guts.
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I like France just by the way they're playing.
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If somebody is going to win it in 90, but that money line draw has good value.
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It should be an interesting one.
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Get ready.
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That's the end of the hour.
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Kyle Bohn, we appreciate it as always, my friend.
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Enjoy the games.
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Newswire will be back after this here on The Grid.
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