USWNT Olympic Soccer 2024

[The Dog 44770]

1 hour ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Had to get rid of the dead weight, which was a shitty coach and old players who sucked who just stayed on to attention whore for the spotlight (cough Rapinoe cough cough. 

And a healthy Mallory Swanson.

[Napoleon 8800]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

 

Jimmy Conrad looks absolutely ridiculous with pink hair.

 

1 hour ago, Enchubben said:

Oh snap. They got lips hanging out? 

 

53 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Tulips

Spoiler

 

[Deej 77665]

Yeah, don't stop.

[tokamak 6683]

Watching the game because I missed it live. Just saw our first goal. Very pretty. Clinical. 

I need someone to explain Lindsey Horan to me. I don’t think she’s world class at all. Also slow as molasses.

Midfield in general is a weakness of this group. Our attacking trio of Smith, Swanson, and Rodman is lethal. Defense is fine with Girma cleaning up messes and I like what I’ve seen from Fox. Midfield is a fucking nothingburger though. 

[tokamak 6683]

German goal. Naeher could’ve done better. Caught flat footed. 

[shnsajax 3605]

So in soccer group play, you get 3 points for a win and one point for a draw. There are four teams to a group, and each team in those groups plays three matches, which means one side from each group could achieve a theoretical maximum of 9 total points after group play (3 games x 3 points).
However, Canada was docked six points, which means they can, at best, finish with 3 points instead of 9. In most tournaments, that'd be a guaranteed miss.
But since there are only 12 teams in the Olympic event and eight of them get to advance to the knockouts, there will be two third-place teams moving on. That gives Canada a decent chance to advance if it wins all three of its games and finishes on 3 points since they'll almost certainly have the best goal differential of any third-place side.

I mean, 12 teams is just so damn stupid. Put in 4 more just like the Men’s. I know women’s pool is is thin but still, 12 teams and 8 go on. Fuck all of that!

[Captain Ron 13094]

19 hours ago, The Dog said:

Zambia clobbering Australia 3-1 in the first half.

Maybe they're better than their FIFA ranking?

 

18 hours ago, WBT said:

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

 

18 hours ago, The Dog said:

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

Watching the highlights of this game, the goals and the calls - I gotta say this is one of those games that gets you talking about "the fix." 

The OG that started the comeback, the free kick through the hands, the phantom penalty. Lots of Hmmmmm calls.

[Captain Ron 13094]

9 hours ago, shnsajax said:

I mean, 12 teams is just so damn stupid. Put in 4 more just like the Men’s. I know women’s pool is is thin but still, 12 teams and 8 go on. Fuck all of that!

Yeah, this tournament field is just dumb, both in the tiny size of the field and the distribution of teams. There are legit maybe 5 teams that can win this of the 12. Expand it to 16, throw in a few more Euro teams and you probably have a far better tournament.

[Chips O'Toole 1407]

11 hours ago, tokamak said:

Watching the game because I missed it live. Just saw our first goal. Very pretty. Clinical. 

I need someone to explain Lindsey Horan to me. I don’t think she’s world class at all. Also slow as molasses.

Midfield in general is a weakness of this group. Our attacking trio of Smith, Swanson, and Rodman is lethal. Defense is fine with Girma cleaning up messes and I like what I’ve seen from Fox. Midfield is a fucking nothingburger though. 

She hasn't been good so far in the tournament, her awareness and touch was much better in the past.  Her pass into the box for the second goal against Zambia was a fucking dime though.

Edited July 29 by Chips O'Toole

[BurntOrange&White 41644]

I love the energy our women have being younger than they were at World Cup. Definitely a good choice

[Ted Lange 16350]

 

A win or a Draw and the women win the group.  If they lose, Germany would still have to make up the USWNT's +6 GD.   

 

[Ted Lange 16350]

 

 

Meg is a good follow for USWNT and MNT stuff.

[tokamak 6683]

Kind of a rough draw for us in the knockouts. We're going to get Spain or (more likely) Japan/Brazil.

[ztejas 44114]

2 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Kind of a rough draw for us in the knockouts. We're going to get Spain or (more likely) Japan/Brazil.

Sounds like a rough draw for them. 

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

39 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Kind of a rough draw for us in the knockouts. We're going to get Spain or (more likely) Japan/Brazil.

it's a rough draw for our opponent

 

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

matilda have figured out this is a different us side than in new zealand

they haven't gone full sam but they are close to it

[ztejas 44114]

We look fuckin sloppy.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

We look fuckin sloppy.

That's harsh. I'm sure at least a few of our players would look better in street clothes after a shower.

On the serious side, Naeher's reaction time is about a half second. It is comically bad.

Edited July 31 by Braff Zacklin

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

and now they have decided to open up

fine by me

[ztejas 44114]

2 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

That's harsh. I'm sure at least a few of our players would look better in street clothes after a shower.

Yeah Mallory needs to get in the shower. A hot shower with lots of soap. And then apply fragrant oils and balms all over her body.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

This match referee is either stupid or incompetent. Matildas should already be sitting on a couple of cautions.

[ztejas 44114]

Just now, Braff Zacklin said:

This match referee is either stupid or incompetent.

[Ted Lange 16350]

I always wonder in matches like this, which basically mean nothing to the US, what the effort levels will be like.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Unlucky there. Nice service.

[tokamak 6683]

At least we're pretty consistently putting it on frame.

And there it is like 5 seconds after I post

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

they will rule this off

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Rodman with a rebound. Who woulda thunk it?

[tokamak 6683]

1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

they will rule this off

Coffey was super off but she never touched the ball I don't think. Rodman was definitely on. I'm not real clear on that the rule is there.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

21 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

This match referee is either stupid or incompetent. Matildas should already be sitting on a couple of cautions.

I take back everything I said. The man's a genius.

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

glad to be wrong on that

[ztejas 44114]

6 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Coffey was super off but she never touched the ball I don't think. Rodman was definitely on. I'm not real clear on that the rule is there.

It's not a very clear rule. Generally pretty subjective as to whether the player that was off impacted the play.

[tokamak 6683]

Swanson needs to do a lot better with that

[Hagbard Celine 11157]

i think we're more dangerous when lavelle is prowling circle to box against a side like this

horan seems to me more fit for purpose when the opponent has a big body 9 that needs tracking

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Australia's defensive strategy is to foul, foul some more, and dare this shitheel from calling a foul. Terribly frustrating match to watch when the ref is not interested in upholding fair play.

And now we get a card for an action that, if enforced equally, would see about half the Matildas sitting on cautions.

Dude is a total chode.

[Trey3216 15450]

Damnit.   That should’ve been immediately passed up the wing.  What- a wasted opportunity in the midfield.  

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Noice.

Very noice.

[ztejas 44114]

She banged that hoe.

[Jerry Callo 8951]

Damn

[ztejas 44114]

Meh.

Btw - where is Sam Kerr? Injured?

[Jerry Callo 8951]

FFS - Just finish the damn game.

[Braff Zacklin 13675]

Fuck you and your negative playstyle, Matildas. Enjoy the flight home.

[Napoleon 8800]

On 7/29/2024 at 10:30 AM, BurntOrange&White said:

I love the energy our women have being younger than they were at World Cup. Definitely a good choice

Australia is an island of Wilda Shit Beasts.

PREGUNTA:

Why is Trinity Rodman number 5?

[Ted Lange 16350]

Pretty uneventful first half so far.  Japan’s defend and counter has been pretty difficult for the US to breakdown.  Both teams feel like they are playing very cautiously 

[Ted Lange 16350]

Horan and to a lesser extent Albert have been very meh. 

[alincoln 2390]

Agree.  Our front 3 seems very nervous and Horan keeps giving the ball away.  Lavelle and Albert have shown signs that they could open Japan up

[alincoln 2390]

Albert has been fine.  She’s playing the 6 and hasn’t really been beaten and has played some good passes.  Smith and Horan have been wasteful and Swanson has done nothing

[Ted Lange 16350]

What’s that, an actual smart, informative halftime show with no hot takes or pandering bs? Didn’t know that was allowed anymore. 

[ztejas 44114]

Oh shit! We're playing. 

[ztejas 44114]

Sweet pass out of bounds.

Cmon ladies...

[Ted Lange 16350]

Sloppy start.  Feels like this is gonna come down to someone making a bad mistake and the other teams capitalizing.