No matter the sport, coaches can be brutally honest about their team’s results or lack thereof, especially on the world’s biggest stage. Well, for better or worse, United States Women’s National Team coach Vlatko Andonovski got brutally honest about his team’s lackluster performance against Portugal.
Andonovski has been the subject of criticism for his failure to adapt, change lineups and use of substitutions during a lackluster group stage performance in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. He understands that the buck stops here when it comes to the team’s shortcomings and he’s taken that responsibility. And while his words aren’t exactly jarring, his summation of the team’s performance against Portugal ahead of its match against Sweden was pretty surprising, to say the least.
The U.S. women have to make sure their performance is a lot better than the one we saw on Tuesday, otherwise, Sunday’s match against Sweden will make a premature end to their World Cup.
About Sam Neumann
Since the beginning of 2023, Sam has been a staff writer for Awful Announcing and The Comeback. A 2021 graduate of Temple University, Sam is a Charlotte native, who currently calls Greenville, South Carolina his home. He also has a love/hate relationship with the New York Mets and Jets.