Waltzing past Matildas: Fatigued USWNT beats Australia 2-1, and previewing the Olympic soccer Quarterfinals

Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

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🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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And breathe. The USWNT finished the group stage with a perfect three wins from three at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At the end of the day's soccer action, Tamerra Griffin and Steph Yang react to the Americans' 2-1 over Australia and then they are joined by Meg Linehan to give the inside scoop from the Stade Velodrome, in Marseille, on how the players and head coach Emma Hayes reacted to victory. Is it time to question Hayes' lack of rotation in the starting XI? Who replaces a now-suspended Sam Coffey? After months without access, what was goalscorer Korbin Albert asked in the mixed zone? Exactly what did Matildas head coach Tony Gustavsson do to earn a yellow card? After wrapping up the USWNT's win and overall group stage performance, Tamerra and Steph play 'Gold, Silver, and Bronze' (giving out medals to their favorite moments of the day). Then, they finish up with a preview of every Olympic Quarterfinal matchup. From the USA's 2012 Olympic final rematch versus Japan; to Canada's miraculous journey to the knockout rounds (where they will play Germany) despite a six-point deduction and a suspended head coach. _______________ HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Steph Yang GUESTS: Meg Linehan PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen ________________ Get in touch: fulltime@theathletic.com Follow on instagram: @tafulltime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	Tees and Seas apply. We have survived the group stages.
0:46.6	Honestly, gold medals for us all all around for making it to this point.
0:51.7	We are about to break down the US Women's National Team 2-1 victory
0:56.2	over Australia with goals from Trinity Rodman and Corbin Albert. We're going to be talking about
1:00.7	rotation or lack thereof, where this leaves the U.S. heading into the quarterfinals, and of course,
1:06.7	all the other games that we've seen today. I am joined once again by Steph Young. Steph, how are you doing?
1:12.8	What is your, if you had to sum up that game in one word, what would it be?
1:17.9	Steph is making a real, like, hard thinking face right now.
1:20.7	Ooh, tight.
1:21.5	Okay.
1:22.2	Yeah, tight.
1:23.0	Maybe unpack that a little bit now.
1:25.4	Yeah.
1:32.3	It felt tight in that obviously, literally, Australia really jammed in there, sardines in a can, five in the back, low block, like, all right, you're going to have
1:38.7	to come to us, and the U.S. is like, sure, we'll just pass it around a million times trying to, like, get into the sardine can. And it, so it felt like, sure, we'll just pass it around a million times trying to like get into the sardine can.
1:46.7	And it, so it felt literally tight. The spaces felt tight. And it also just felt tight in the result,
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