[Hieronymus]

First, the U20s are done. The US finishes third losing to PRK 1:0 and beating the Netherlands 2:1 late in ET on an own goal. If you were watching to see Evans - well that didn’t go well. She got a combined 9 minutes out of 210. The coach clearly preferred Gilchrist for reasons I couldn’t see. 

Stanford beat NC St 2:0 this weekend with a mediocre first half and a strong second. New things at the start were Boamah started at LB, either Klinger or Kohler was RF, and it was back to Wolf at CF. The second half had all kinds of stuff going on after the blah first. Notable changes were Aikey to CF with Brandt filling at CB and a bunch of Sammy Smith at RB with Bhuta at DM for Harvey. All of that worked - Aikey scored the first goal and SS put a ton of pressure on NCST going forward while Bhuta covered a ton of ground. We also had a significant Murdock sighting though it was hard to glean much since NCST was mostly pinned back in the second half.

Random stuff
- Thomas isn’t ready at CF vs. better teams. Keep playing her, but she isn’t ready to start.
- Aikey needs to start at CF even if Evans isn’t ready. Play Brandt and Emri at CB if Evans needs rest.
- S Smith was very impressive. She needs more looks.
- Kitahata has been off a bit for a few games now and the offense has mostly died as a result.
- Harrison plays good D but provides little offense while Pagador gives a little offense, but doesn’t hold up vs. top wingers. See the first 10 min of half 2 vs. USCs Colbert for example. So I want to keep seeing Boamah and S Smith get more time.
- do whatever it takes to maximize Kohler and Klinger’s time on the field. I think that means playing them more at L/RF. If it’s one of them vs. Grilione for example, I want Klinger or Kohler.
- Montoya has been off all year so far - 0 goals and 2 assists.

[Hieronymus]

First, the U20s are done. The US finishes third losing to PRK 1:0 and beating the Netherlands 2:1 late in ET on an own goal. If you were watching to see Evans - well that didn’t go well. She got a combined 9 minutes out of 210. The coach clearly preferred Gilchrist for reasons I couldn’t see. 

Stanford beat NC St 2:0 this weekend with a mediocre first half and a strong second. New things at the start were Boamah started at LB, either Klinger or Kohler was RF, and it was back to Wolf at CF. The second half had all kinds of stuff going on after the blah first. Notable changes were Aikey to CF with Brandt filling at CB and a bunch of Sammy Smith at RB with Bhuta at DM for Harvey. All of that worked - Aikey scored the first goal and SS put a ton of pressure on NCST going forward while Bhuta covered a ton of ground. We also had a significant Murdock sighting though it was hard to glean much since NCST was mostly pinned back in the second half.

Random stuff
- Thomas isn’t ready at CF vs. better teams. Keep playing her, but she isn’t ready to start.
- Aikey needs to start at CF even if Evans isn’t ready. Play Brandt and Emri at CB if Evans needs rest.
- S Smith was very impressive. She needs more looks.
- Kitahata has been off a bit for a few games now and the offense has mostly died as a result.
- Harrison plays good D but provides little offense while Pagador gives a little offense, but doesn’t hold up vs. top wingers. See the first 10 min of half 2 vs. USCs Colbert for example. So I want to keep seeing Boamah and S Smith get more time.
- do whatever it takes to maximize Kohler and Klinger’s time on the field. I think that means playing them more at L/RF. If it’s one of them vs. Grilione for example, I want Klinger or Kohler.
- Montoya has been off all year so far - 0 goals and 2 assists.