This analysis I found on YouTube is incredible. The most accurate by far and it highlights some really nice changes between the first and second game that I didn't quite catch.

https://youtu.be/rgJ9HfBVphI?si=NpMSKOHq3OJMV0zM

In own personal opinion, though, and obviously I'm not at practice or training or anything, but I really think at this point in their careers, Tara Rudd is better than Tierna Davidson. I think Davidson lacks speed and Rudd is more athletic. I wish Tara had been given some minutes or a chance to see how she pairs with Kennedy Wesley this camp. I know Girma will be the starter injury permitting but my opinion has Rudd (or with hesitation, potentially Wesley) alongside her.

Offense wise, I think Mal brings something that nobody else ever has, past or present. I don't really know what it is, the team just always seems to do better when she's there. Maybe she's got the leadership, maybe she connects well with the younger players age-wise but has the leadership of the veterans, or maybe she just has the IT factor. I think she has an incredible work ethic and is such a great player. If she's on the field for us at the World Cup, we go far. If she were on the field for us in 2023, we likely would have gotten at least through semi's.

Ashley Sanchez should have been called up in June. She came into this camp with so much to prove and proved it all and then some - if she keeps this up, she could start in the World Cup. IMO she does more than A. Thompson and she deserves every second she spends on the field.