Van Ass took the Dutch team to an Olympic silver medal while Oltmans took his home country’s men’s and women’s teams to the next level. remained more or less similar, but Hockey India believes getting rid of the foreigner will somehow improve performance. Panamahas seven points, and Trinidadhas three points and is virtually eliminated. That he is out of the playing XI in the ODIs didn’t affect his intensity for a moment. Brad Guzan could return to goal and 35-year-old DaMarcus Beasley, a veteran of four World Cups, could start at left back, as the pair did for the 1-1 draw at Mexico in June. #8217;s top-ranked team a few years ago _ with little hope of making it to Russia next year. ”Federer improved to 13-0 against Lopez and 33-1 in night matches at Flushing Meadows, so perhaps the lopsided nature of this shouldn’t be all that surprising. Teams that already clinched often experiment with young players in their final qualifiers. Wales remained in contention after beating Austria in Cardiff and trails Ireland by two points. And wasn’t it just over a year ago that Oltmans was being credited with guiding India to podium fini.