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Much better performance so far with 2 well-taken goals.

The invincibility went for me last October when England beat them at Wembley. They're a team in transition, but the transition doesn't seem to have been completed yet. As an example, there's 2 clear age groups between the forwards in the US squad, an 8 year age gap between those who are moving...

Yes, the USA rode their luck at the end with the woodwork and an unconvincing keeper. There was always going to be a drop off from the side that won the last 2 tournaments with ageing. A 38 year old Rapinoe coming off the bench isn't likely to strike fear into the heart of any defender with a...

As Harry likes his music, it would be remiss of me to leave Zoeey and Von Iva out.

After your proposal at halftime on the Withdean pitch, a trip to the wedding was always going to be on the cards. Unless my memory's deceiving me, @Man of Harveys, the late great Canarian Seagull and myself wore matching Hawaiian shirts! Great times with a number of NSC there including Ed.

Ed being both remembered and highly thought of will never be in doubt on here, Roz. I still remember the first time I met you and Ed in the Nelson having connected up on NSC previously. "You must be Lord and Lady Bracknell..." Special times with the original NSC clique! Where did the years...

I've been playing for Fat for the last 25 years.

Not sure I'd quite go that far - Canada 3 USA 4 AET 2012 Olympics Semi-Final stands out for me - but yes, it's definitely a shock result. Huge credit to Colombia for taking their chance at the end having been pegged back, but Germany were wasteful. 14 shots, but only 2 on target. Germany...

Switzerland not Denmark, but your point still stands. Slow transition, missed passes, poor decisions in and around the box. NZ are joint hosts, need a win and have just had their first shot on target after 73 minutes. Switzerland have only had one as well. It's not been great. Two slightly...

A much welcomed and long overdue return of @Easy 10 customizing the end of official statements. It's like the last 15 years on NSC never happened.

It'll be a relief to see Kylie go as she keeps on hanging around the area between my house and the neighbours. I just can't get her out of my hedge.

Terry and June?

As far as the tournament as a whole is concerned IMHO, it's been heavy going so far for viewers. Yes, there have been some good games - Australia v Nigeria was excellent - and thankfully no team has taken a 10+ goal hammering so far. But both teams have rarely scored in the games. Just 5...

Not forgetting Beth Mead. With Daly moving to LB, we're sorely missing her Euro goalscoring prowess. So we've had to rely on GK Earps to win us the first game, and just about held on in this one too. Yes, we'll qualify no doubt and pundits/commentators will gloss over the performances, but a...

The fear is that with Walsh going off, a lot of England's creativity is likely to have gone with it. But that's why there's a squad. Over to you, Laura Coombs. Still, a bit of quality from James is the difference.

Random stat...in other sports, the brother/sister partnership of Yuhan and Lianne Tan represented Belgium in Badminton mixed doubles in Rio 2016.

Yes, this is it for me. Carter and Bright were unconvincing in the Haiti game giving up too much space. Something had to give. Daly wearing the number 9 but playing LB as she did in the Euros is a much better fit, though it might rile shirt positional traditionalists.

Good start. Lovely strike. :)

The Grenadier in Hangleton?