The USA Women's National Team sets their sights on Canada on Saturday, and while their chances of playing in the Quarterfinals are good, they need to find some improvement.
For captain Kate Zackary, the key thing for her, and for the team, was that offensively they stepped into the sunlight. Led by a superb offensive display by Janine Detiveaux at wing, and bolstered by moving Alev Kelter from fullback to center, the Eagles scored four tries and 27 points in the second half.
“We needed a performance and the girls showed up and I’m really proud of them,” said Zackary. “I’m honestly speechless at times, the girls came to play. We had some fantastic tries. Janine cutting up the middle, that’s something we’ve been working on the training park for a few months and it’s taken us a while to execute so today was a good day to see that come off. In the second half you saw that we were able to get a little more depth, we were able to get some speed on the ball, get some space in front of them and you saw what happens when you can stretch the ball wide.””
The players, too, understood that a bonus point for four tries was key, but asked whether Zackary brought it up during the game, she said she didn't.
