WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — They nearly did it, even with no their finest forwards.
Netherlands got in advance of the United States early Thursday and then withstood a flurry of U.S. assaults to preserve a 1-1 attract in its rematch of the 2019 Women’s Entire world Cup last.
The Dutch entered the match with a weakened attack. Vivianne Miedema, the country’s all-time top women’s scorer, is out of the tournament completely with a torn ACL.
Just after mentor Andries Jonker picked Lineth Beerensteyn for the team’s 1st match versus Portugal, Beerenstyn went down with an ankle harm. With Jonker’s prime forwards out against the United States, he turned to Katja Snoeijs, a 26-calendar year-aged attacker for Everton.
“I consider, a little bit (of) blended thoughts,” Snoeijs stated immediately after the match. “I think we can be happy with the place, in particular in the group stage, but I consider we’re continue to searching to be superior and to acquire a match like this as nicely.”
Snoeijs was only educated she’d be starting from the U.S. a single day just before the match. Jonker stated the choice to give Snoeijs her very first commence of the tournament was a tactical a single, simply because of how she healthy with the team’s 3-5-2 development.
“The procedure came about based mostly on the evaluation of the team. We analyzed the traits within just the team and how to use them on the pitch,” Jonker explained.
Snoeijs said she did not experience stress heading into the match but however struggled to equivalent the stage of intensity that the video game brought and do the job within the method that Jonker experienced placed her in.
“I believe I can glance back again at a superior recreation,” she stated. “Of class, I did not arrive in a whole lot of scoring positions. So, of class, that’s one thing I’ll be wanting at — again at what I could have accomplished greater.”
Despite the struggles on the attacking conclude and enabling a attract just after a self-confident first 50 percent, the Dutch seemed contented with taking the issue in their next match of the tournament. Again in 2019, Netherlands misplaced 2- to the U.S. in the final.
“We’re undoubtedly not disappointed,” Netherlands goal scorer Jill Roord explained. “I assume we experienced a good activity, in particular the first 50 percent. Clearly, there had been phases that we managed and there were being phases they controlled. So, in the finish, I think 1-1 is a truthful outcome.”
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