10-10-2023, 09:33 PM
(10-10-2023, 06:26 PM)OCcardinal Wrote:(10-10-2023, 05:12 PM)spike5882 Wrote: And while US did get silver, this is the first time they had used college players. It is a senior team tournament, and the past gold medal teams contained predominantly pro players. So, while they got silver, Betts was pretty phenomenal playing against the senior players of other countries.I don't know about other years, but there weren't any pro players on the USA Americup roster 2 years ago either: 2021 Americup Rosters. Granted, that 2021 team was a pretty incredible college roster.
And I was very sad to see Betts go. She has incredible upside and I think she would have done great things in Tara's program. I'm just cautious about reading too much into this summer's Americup stats.
Totally agree re Betts
