Okay, let’s just rip off the bandaid. The United States came last in their own mini-tournament, managing one goal in three games, just barely beating a listless Germany and getting beaten by England and France. Not only did they get beaten by France, France held them by their ankles and turned their pockets inside out while shaking them up and down to get at their loose change.
But the picture is not completely bleak. Here are the things we learned, good and bad, from the 2017 SheBelieves Cup.
The three-back needs to remain a situational tool
SheBelieves was supposed to be the test of the three-back system that Jill Ellis has been trying out for several months now, and boy howdy did they get an answer.