USWNT Olympic Soccer 2024

[tokamak 6442]

Just kicked off vs Zambia. Let's show a little better than that World Cup flop.

[Jive Turkey 12644]

let's see what Emma Hayes can do.

[WBT 20670]

Yikes, Zambia coach isn't allowed contact with his players due to sexual misconduct allegations.

Spoiler

We should have tried that on gergg

 

[tokamak 6442]

Damn that would've been slick, off the top of the crossbar

[Jive Turkey 12644]

just a continuation of the Costa Rica game.  gotta finish.

[tokamak 6442]

Crossbar then cleared off the line then a blast right at the goalkeeper within the span of about 5 seconds. Ball won't go in.

[tokamak 6442]

There it is

[tokamak 6442]

Rodman's hair is ridiculous. Taking after her dad I suppose.

[tokamak 6442]

2-0

Actually, as I type, 3-0. That was quick.

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

what the age rules for the women?

[The Dog 44148]

Just now, Hagbard Celine said:

what the age rules for the women?

none it's the full teams.

[Jive Turkey 12644]

floodgates. open.  nice statement to the rest of the world.

[randomhorn 1807]

I thought that crossbar was going to be the death of us for a while

[tokamak 6442]

Unpopular opinion but I'm kinda over these long VAR reviews. Sure correct calls matter but watching a ref watching a little bitty screen is boring TV.

lol wow a red?

[Braff Zacklin 13664]

Saying she threw an elbow? Or last defender? Either way, seems excessive.

[Helobious 9465]

Does the women’s team actually care about soccer now or are they still more focused on politics? Haven’t been following. 

[WBT 20670]

Just now, Helobious said:

Does the women’s team actually care about soccer now or are they still more focused on politics? Haven’t been following. 

[Braff Zacklin 13664]

4 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Does the women’s team actually care about soccer now or are they still more focused on politics? Haven’t been following. 

I know you're trolling, and I chuckled, but the USWNT cares about money, and they leveraged their success and the current political landscape (some might argue spuriously) to try and maximize their money.

[Ted Lange 16144]

Just able to turn it on.  3-0, nice.   Emma hasn't had much time, but this is a nice start to a tourney.

Damn Rodman, gotta finish that.  Jeez

[tokamak 6442]

We kinda took our foot off the gas after the red card. Just not nearly as assertive pushing the ball forward through the midfield.

This is group stage play, we need to run it up if we can.

[Hagbard Celine 10925]

1 minute ago, Braff Zacklin said:

I know you're trolling, and I chuckled, but the USWNT cares about money, and they leveraged their success and the current political landscape (some might argue spuriously) to try and maximize their money.

but they missed the most important part....  getting dirty, staying humble, and self-deprecating

instead our stupid fucking federation funded a soccer-god-weauxfing mockumentary of the team's selection portraying the phone calls like the crowning of royalty

past-prime players were allowed to control the squad decisions, which, naturally, featured themselves

they went to new zealand having already decided they were champions and they got fucking schooled trying to play title9 kick-n-rush cannonblast football

i have to think this 180 in form is a function of zambia sucking

i didn't think i would be interested in the women's campaign in france, but they now have my interest

[Helobious 9465]

36 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

I know you're trolling, and I chuckled, but the USWNT cares about money, and they leveraged their success and the current political landscape (some might argue spuriously) to try and maximize their money.

I don’t know about that. Literally the entire country was rooting for them to lose in the last World Cup. I don’t really see the same interest right now, so I guess that hatred turned into apathy. It was not a smart direction for the team to go in at all.

[tokamak 6442]

This second half has been very World Cup-esque. A lot of fucking around, not much in the way of chances created.

[tokamak 6442]

Pretty poor result against an overmatched 10-woman Zambia, TBH. Announcers were whistling past the graveyard but the truth is that we could have and should have dropped about 8 goals on that opponent.

[The Dog 44148]

Zambia clobbering Australia 3-1 in the first half.

Maybe they're better than their FIFA ranking?

[Captain Ron 12923]

I will say I didn’t watch a lot of the game, but the parts I did watch, Zambia was very dedicated on their defensive efforts.  I saw 2 or 3 clearances on the line by back line defenders and a defense that was setup to give the US fits. I know we expected more than 3-0, but I thought they worked their tails off to make sure 3-0 was all we got.

And now to be beating Australia, impressive. 

[WBT 20670]

Holy shit, I'm seeing Australia now up 6-5?

[The Dog 44148]

Yup. One of the goals was a free kick that went through the Zambian keeper’s hands.

[Buzzrock 14944]

Very lucky there 

[WBT 20670]

Terrible giveaway by Horan

[Braff Zacklin 13664]

US ladies are cognitively impaired in front of goal. Truly astounding to misfire as often as they do. 

I support them and want them to win, but when they flub chance after chance ... part of me wants to turn dark and just make fun of them for being so mentally weak and always choking in front of goal.

(which is why I fit right in here)

[Ted Lange 16144]

Germany look like the much better team early on.

[Underdog 28775]

Well done. 

[Braff Zacklin 13664]

Hard to miss that one. Well done, Ms. Smith.

[InkaUtexas 26130]

Pretty goal.

[Ted Lange 16144]

Hell yeah!  I will take credit for the reverse jinx.

[Underdog 28775]

 

[Buzzrock 14944]

Our ladies have sharpened up 

[BrickHorn 18285]

Lavelle is our smartest player by far. The straw that stirs the drink, imo.

[Braff Zacklin 13664]

Well done from Smith there to try and keep her feet ... and well done from the ref for first allowing the play to continue to see if Smith could stay upright and then award the foul and caution the German defender.

[Ted Lange 16144]

Well shit

[Underdog 28775]

Not well done. 

[InkaUtexas 26130]

6 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Our ladies have sharpened up 

um....

[WBT 20670]

Seems like the keeper should have at least gotten a hand on that

[BrickHorn 18285]

Dammit. Cant let Germany have the ball in our end for that long. I counted three turnovers by Horan in that run of German possession. 

[randomhorn 1807]

Blargh 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3283]

Lol the goalie choked. The fuck was that

[Ted Lange 16144]

Yeah, Naeher shouldve done much better.   Very flat-footed.   I wonder if she was expecting a whistle for the foul.

[InkaUtexas 26130]

There we go!

[Braff Zacklin 13664]

This game is nuts.