Ali Krieger

So I think they were connected, they were confident.

You saw Naomi Gurma obviously clean up and be able to have that predictability in the back line.

They were super compact.

And even though they were showcasing a little bit of depth and some players, you know, changed in and amongst every single game, they still had that quality throughout.

And I think defensively, we haven't seen that in recent games and recent friendlies and recent, excuse me, in recent years.

So that was really impressive to me and something that has been different from the attacking presence that we've seen, you know, recent in recent games for the US Women's National Team.

Did you see this defensively as well, Jeff?

That maybe it needs to be, again, it's a machine, right?

But maybe it needs to be a little bit more well-oiled in the sense.

Yeah, because up until a year ago in all of Emma Hayes' rosters, we had seen new faces.

And this was the first time in a year that we didn't see a new player.

So we're not talking about anybody debuting.

We're talking about players that are already experienced not only with Emma Hayes, but of course with the national team, Crystal.

So when it comes to these wins that were tight with what we expect to see from the U.S.

women's national team, were they too tight or was this the...

perfectly timed test that this team needed?

Yeah, for sure.

There's always going to be that complete performance.

But something that was also impressive is there's emerging young talent in this attacking front six.

You have, they can interchange.