No Rapinoe, but U.S. reaches third straight Cup final
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Jul 03, 2019
3 minutes
LYON, France - Ask Jill Ellis and she'll say her United States women's national soccer team wins so often because it has something no other team has.
No, not the best players. The last three world players of the year have all played for someone else. No, not the best club teams to draw from, because those are all in Europe now.
What Ellis' team has is intangible. Can't see it, touch it or feel it. But it was on full display again Tuesday when the U.S. gutted out a 2-1 semifinal win over England to
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