Full Time Review: Alyssa Thompson and Emma Sears star in USWNT vs. Iceland friendlies, England stunned by Germany
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4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to the Full Time Review! This time, a FIFA international window edition.
Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan recap the USWNT's two friendlies against Iceland, as well as analyze some of the best individual performances and most intriguing takeaways.
Then, hear from The Athletic's Megan Feringa, who was at Wembley Stadium to watch England lose 4-3 to Germany in a match she dubbed a "wake-up call" to Lionesses manager Sarina Wiegman.
After that, Tamerra runs through a couple of other major talking points from around the globe and the latest on NWSL coaching hires and the Summer Cup final.
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HOST: Tamerra Griffin
GUESTS: Meg Linehan, Megan Feringa
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | What's up? It's Tamara Griffin. Welcome back to full-time review. This is your quick |
| 0:17.9 | refresher on this weekend's U.S. Women's National Team action and all the other international soccer that happened this weekend from around the world sprinkled in. |
| 0:28.0 | To kick things off, we're doing things a little bit differently because the U.S. Women's National Team had two games against Iceland. |
| 0:34.5 | Listen in as I caught up with Meg Linahan about how those games went, who stood out, |
| 0:38.6 | and what we can take away from those fixtures. |
| 0:41.3 | All right, I am joined by my co-hosts and crime Meg Linnehan to discuss the U.S. women's national |
| 0:46.3 | teams, two performances, this international window of three. |
| 0:51.3 | These first two saw two three-to to one victories over Iceland in Austin and Nashville |
| 0:57.7 | this weekend. The first saw a first time somehow goal by Alyssa Thompson, Jaden Shaw, and |
| 1:04.3 | Sophia Smith. The second saw goals from Lynn Williams, Lindsay Horan, and a first time |
| 1:09.8 | and first cap for Emma Sears. |
| 1:12.2 | Meg, there was a lot more happening in this game than I personally thought coming into these |
| 1:16.3 | two fixtures. What are the biggest takeaways for you? I mean, I think everyone, it's been a while |
| 1:21.6 | since we've seen Iceland for the U.S. Women's National Team. So I do think, you know, the sense |
| 1:25.8 | that Iceland truly did pose legitimate |
| 1:29.0 | problems, right, and like kept themselves in these games, like two very good performances for |
| 1:35.2 | 75 minutes back to back, right? The fact that the U.S. actually had to dig themselves out of a hole |
| 1:40.9 | for the first time in a very long time, really since I think she believes her, |
| 1:45.4 | you know, and going back to like Gold Cup, right? Like we have not seen that challenge and we haven't |
| 1:50.3 | seen it under Emma yet. So I think there are some really good positives to take out of these games, |
| 1:56.3 | but it's also just kind of like, we are very early in a cycle. This is very much a time of experimentation. |
| 2:02.3 | So they've been more interesting than I think we could have hoped for. Yes. But at the same time, |
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