England will rarely be outplayed up front — even against New Zealand, South Africa and Australia — but has lacked the creativity or explosive power that truly world-class back lines have.
The line of Callahan, Dubinsky and center Artem Anisimov — the de facto No. 1 line during Marian Gaborik's injury absence — was matched against and outplayed Chicago's top line, Kane, Jonathan Toews and Troy Brouwer.
And those home fans who bothered to turn up saw their side outplayed for large parts against an ever-improving Wales side.
It's hard to remember a finals-bound midfield being as comprehensively outplayed as North Melbourne were against the younger, hungrier Western Bulldogs on Saturday evening.
He stopped 26 of 29 shots in Game 6 against Dallas and outplayed Turco in a remarkably even series that featured a five-overtime affair in Game 1 and five one-goal games.
Although the US reached the semi-final they were thoroughly outplayed when they came up against the best sides in the tournament, losing 2-0 to Colombia and 4-0 to Argentina.
Captain Mahendra Dhoni admitted that India have been thoroughly outplayed in the Test series against England.
Choosing the same variation against the Nimzo-Indian defense that gave Carlsen problems in the world championship match against Vishy Anand, Nakamura outplayed his opponent.
Makarova, seeded 22nd, upset Serena Williams in the fourth round here in 2012, but was comprehensively outplayed in the first set against the elder of the Williams sisters Monday, dropping serve three times.
