Lisa Carlin, Sandra Herrera, and Darian Jenkins analyze the US women's 2-1 win over Australia to cap off a near perfect group stage for the program. It wasn’t all good news, though, as Sam Coffee will miss the quarterfinals after picking up a yellow card against the Matildas. The crew discuss how Emma Hayes’ players have become more adept at playing against a low block and how the USWNT’s second half subs impacted the game. Then, a roundup of the action elsewhere in the as Germany, Spain and Japan also marched onto the knockout rounds, a tearful Marta might have made her Brazil bow, and Nigeria and Zambia crashed out. Finally, the gang look ahead to Saturday’s big test against Japan.    

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