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US Soccer notes that only four players in the starting XI also started the 2019 World Cup final – goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, left back Crystal Dunn, center mid/center back Julie Ertz, and forward Alex Morgan.
Today, I happened to bump into a soccer coach I know who lives here but comes from the Netherlands. He would bench all four of those players. I reminded him that USWNT coaches who bench veterans tend to become former USWNT coaches very quickly.
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