Watching USWNT vs. Netherlands with former NWSL stalwart Becca Moros
This is ‘Watching With…’ . Our soccer staff sits down with past players, coaches, and other experts and watch a World Cup match together, dissecting the matches as the teams compete for the coveted World Cup trophy.
As Lindsey Horan’s thumping header sailed past Netherlands’ goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar, the crowd roared — and not just the crowd gathered at Wellington Regional Stadium in New Zealand. This also applied to the many crowds throughout the United States who gathered to watch the U.S. women’s national team, including at Brother John’s, a barbecue restaurant in Tucson, Arizona.
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Seated next to me at that restaurant while the United States’ 1-1 draw with the Netherlands played out on a large projector screen was long-time professional player and current coach Becca Moros.
Moros played all over the U.S. and was teammates with USWNT legends like Alex Morgan, Kelley O’Hara, Becky Sauerbrunn, Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd. She also played under U.S. manager Vlatko Andonvoski with FC Kansas City. After the end of her playing career, Moros served as an assistant for NJ/NY Gotham, where she worked with Lloyd and injured U.S. star Mallory Swanson before taking over as the head women’s soccer coach at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Moros’ wealth of knowledge and connections inside the game allowed her to provide invaluable insights into the USWNT’s biggest World Cup match yet and the team’s key characters.
What was Morgan like as a teammate? Is there something most people don’t know about Sauerbrunn? How much is the U.S. missing her at the World Cup? Can you stop Horan on set pieces?
As I found out on Wednesday night, conversation with Moros contains all sorts of answers to
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