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VIEW FROM LYON
America Invades France
To Cheer Women’s Team
Editor’s Note: Cooperstown’s Bill Waller, whose son Scott played for CCS, took Scott’s daughter – and aspiring soccer player – Kira to see World Cup play in France.
By BILL WALLER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
LYON, France – “USA, USA, USA.”
Over 30,000, more than half of an enormous new Lyon, France Olympic soccer stadium’s crowd are screaming their support for the U.S. Women’s soccer team. Flags waving everywhere, chants of “USA, USA” drowning out the soccer songs of the orange-clad Dutch fans; this was Lyon and the scene at the finals for the 2019 Woman’s World Cup.
This final game pitting the European Champion Netherland against the three time world champion American women would decide the 2019 World Cup.
While heavily favored, the U.S. women ran into a tough Dutch squad, ending the half with the score 0-0. My granddaughter Kira and I were glued to our seats hoping for a U.S. score.
We went to Lyon to be part of the Women’s World Cup effort and had seen the U.S. beat England and a tough Dutch team win over the taller and “blonder” Swedish squad.
