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Say what you will about Twila Kilgore, but you have to respect her consistency.
The United States women’s national team interim head coach is, shall we say, unflappable when asked for her analysis of the team’s performances. “You’re always looking early on in the game to see what the referees’ choices are going to be, and how that affects the game,” she noted after the US’s 3-0 win over Colombia in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup quarterfinals.
That’s about as close as you’ll get to a Laura Harvey-esque outburst about the quality of a game’s officiating. When asked yesterday about what she expects from Canada in the semifinals, she delivered her catchphrase: “We respect all of our opponents.” This is the Twila Kilgore Experience: her cards are played so close to the vest that they become part of the fabric.
Kilgore’s role in the next phase of the US’s evolution has been documented to death. If people still don’t know what they’re going to get from…
