By: Jessica

In reply to Carmen SanDiego.

This. What a performance against France, with a squad that lost so many defenders to injury before the tournament even started, with Marta and Christiane and Barbara and freaking Formiga playing full 90s in her 7th World Cup, age 41 at center mid.

They far outperformed their expectations for this tournament, and viewing did significantly increase in Brazil, which is a good sign moving forward.