USWNT Olympic Soccer 2024

[Ted Lange 16350]

Sophie Smith with the reverse “Move over Swanson” from caddy shack. 

[BrickHorn 18424]

Swanson had her beat. Why did she hold up there? Touch into space!

[randomhorn 2111]

Ahhhhhhh! We need to capitalize on these mistakes by Brazil! 

[Mo Horn 8933]

Gotta put these chances on goal. At least make her make a save. 

[BrickHorn 18424]

That’s twice now that one of our forwards have held up when she has her defender beat with speed. You don’t have to shoot every time. Burn the fullback, go to the line, and put it across the goal. Sheesh.

Edited August 10 by BrickHorn

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

DO NOT TURTLE

collapse and disrupt around the circle

fuck attacking for the next 10 minutes

[BrickHorn 18424]

That looked like a bad foul live, but no foul on replay.

[utee94 16065]

I love when they pretend they have no idea they just committed a card-worthy foul.

[randomhorn 2111]

If you’re going to kick it directly into the wall, kick it into their faces 

[BrickHorn 18424]

1 minute ago, utee94 said:

I love when they pretend they have no idea they just committed a card-worthy foul.

She had a point, because she got the ball first.

[SurlyGator 956]

she hip checked her before she got ball.

[utee94 16065]

 

 

1 minute ago, BrickHorn said:

She had a point, because she got the ball first.

No because

1 minute ago, SurlyGator said:

she hip checked her before she got ball.

Yup.  Plus the arm-bar.  She attempted a move that could not have been completed cleanly.

[Mo Horn 8933]

10 minutes is a lot of time

[Ted Lange 16350]

10 minutes?  GTFO

[Mo Horn 8933]

Huge save, but I think she was offside anyway

[BrickHorn 18424]

That save was awesome.

[TonyTexas 10682]

4 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

10 minutes?  GTFO

Includes the hydration time

[BrickHorn 18424]

It is a travesty that Lavelle won’t log a minute in this game. Meanwhile, Horan continues to compound dumb passes with poor technique.

[Mo Horn 8933]

Should have been a yellow card

[conVINCEd 21477]

Just now, BrickHorn said:

It is a travesty that Lavelle won’t log a minute in this game. Meanwhile, Horan continues to compound dumb passes with poor technique.

And get knocked the fuck out.

[Captain Ron 13094]

Just now, BrickHorn said:

It is a travesty that Lavelle won’t log a minute in this game. Meanwhile, Horan continues to compound dumb passes with poor technique.

Maybe we pull her now. 

Just now, Mo Horn said:

Should have been a yellow card

I don’t think so. That was just a hard play. Head on a swivel. 

[Captain Ron 13094]

What’s that gonna add? 2’? 3’?

[BrickHorn 18424]

2 minutes ago, Mo Horn said:

Should have been a yellow card

 

2 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

I don’t think so. That was just a hard play. Head on a swivel. 

Yeah looked like a clean play on the ball to me. 

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

i wish our fanbase knew the right cadence of support

we should have started whistling for the clock 2 miniutes ago

[utee94 16065]

Very Brazil-friendly execution of stoppage thus far.

[Mo Horn 8933]

Gold medal

[BrickHorn 18424]

Another ugly win but I’ll take it. 

[Underdog 29099]

Congrats, Ladies!!! 

[utee94 16065]

WOOHOO!

 

[randomhorn 2111]

[hornbri 1504]

And it’s gold!!! Awesome. 

[NAVY 6910]

Yay!!!!!! Go ladies! 

[CurlyDumps 4618]

Never heard the term nursery slopes. 😂

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

[SurlyGator 956]

All the Brazilian girls look more pissed than sad.  Suck it!!

[The Dog 44770]

[Ted Lange 16350]

[Ted Lange 16350]

Emma Hayes just won the gold and went undefeated with the same team that scored like 2 goals aside from drubbing Vietnam in the World Cup.  Almost the exact same starters minus Alex Morgan.   Coaching matters. 

Edited August 10 by Ted Lange

[Ted Lange 16350]

 

[alincoln 2390]

That is 9 Gold Medals/WC titles for the US.  Second place is Germany with 3.

Fuck off Europe with your 2 wins in the last 9 global tournaments. US has 5 of the other 7 during that period.  

[Ted Lange 16350]

 

 

[WBT 20879]

Gold!

Credit to Hayes, I didn't see that turnaround in one year coming.  It helped that we seem to prioritize picking our best players for the team this time.

[Ted Lange 16350]

Meanwhil Alexi Lalas

 

[conVINCEd 21477]

Does Missimo have a shot for the next cycle?  I was a little surprised Eggleston wasn’t on the volleyball team.

[SurlyGator 956]

My daughter (no pics) was in the office of one of her school counselors yesterday when the gold medal match was on.  The counselor commented on the age of one of the US players (37, I think).  My daughter responded with "Wow, that's great!"  The counselor snapped back with "No it's not, she needs to retire!"

That counselor happens to be the mother of a certain former Longhorn player mentioned in the previous post.  Maaayyyybe not the most objective, but as a parent, I get it!

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

8 hours ago, WBT said:

Naeher saving us again

Yeah, Alyssa had some big moments past two games. And here I was worried she'd be our weak link ...

[Captain Ron 13094]

8 hours ago, WBT said:

Gold!

Credit to Hayes, I didn't see that turnaround in one year coming.  It helped that we seem to prioritize picking our best players for the team this time.

1 year? Hayes has only been on for 10 games!!!! Like 2 months!!!

[Mittens 8629]

 

[alincoln 2390]

On 8/10/2024 at 2:28 PM, conVINCEd said:

Does Missimo have a shot for the next cycle?  I was a little surprised Eggleston wasn’t on the volleyball team.

She has a chance but she should have gone pro if she wants to break into the senior team.   Staying at Texas another year was a mistake. She will need to dominate immediately her rookie season.