Rest of the world closing gap on USA - Netherlands coach - video Dailymotion

The Europeans have only won once in their last 10 meetings with the defending world champions

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00:00 "I think honestly we all know America has been one of the best teams in the world for

00:05 a long, long time. I think they still have so much quality on the pitch. But I think

00:11 we're growing too. And that makes distance maybe different now than it was before. They

00:18 obviously have so much quality on the pitch. So I can't say anything about Oros. I think

00:24 that's up to you guys. But we just want to win the game."

00:28 "I think it's a matter of development in women's football. I think in all continents

00:33 countries work very hard to close the gap with the United States. On your continent

00:38 for example Canada, Brazil, Australia. And also in Europe we work very hard to close

00:45 the gap. And I think the whole women's football world is very interested in getting an answer

00:51 on the question 'are we getting closer?' And the feeling is yes because of the improvement

00:57 all over the world. But tomorrow is the first time we can check. Are we getting closer or

01:03 not? We'll see."