Being a coach is tough. Trying to get the right chemistry among your players and getting the top performances you can game in and game out. In soccer, especially, a coach's job is done once the players take a step out on the field. You can no longer help...it is up to them.
But one firm rule of coaching is "don't mess with success." And that make Greg Ryan's decision to swap Hope Solo for Brianna Scurry so inexplicable. The results speak for themselves. A 4 - 0 spanking by the Brazilians.
Now this is not Monday morning quarterbacking. There was plenty of vocal opposition to Ryan's move prior to the game. What is unfathomable is the position he decided to tinker with. Goalie. The heart of the defense - the quarterback of the back line. Ryan was quick to say it did not matter, but that is total bullshit. It did. The own goal was miscommunication between the defense and the goalie. Scurry looked slow and tentative. It was a total (and predictable) disaster.
Greg Ryan lost that game for those women.
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