Not my place to say if Clover was using their players to their best advantage.
I was of course watching the FM players and their rotation more closely. I thought the Clover players gave FM a good challenge the whole game but that down the stretch the FM mids/defenders were able to blunt the Clover FWDS (especially #7? she is clearly an excellent ball handler) attack becasue of fresher legs and trusting rotation where one player would challenge knowing the other would roll behind her to prevent a break thru, got to credit that to good coaching and smart players. Also have to give credit to the Keeper/defender work at FM they seem to work with trust of each other very well. Keeper enjoyed good shielding and got the drops when she called for them. I liked how she was not afraid to push to ball out of play knowing her defense would setup and rally to clear the ball. Thought on the other end the work between the Clover defenders and Keeper was a little less coordinated. Saw a few times where the keeper was trying to make plays but got cut off by a defender. Not sure they resulted in either goal, just that it created more chances than you would probably like to see.
