2019 Women's World Cup - Do It Back to Back

[Hagbard Celine 11,216]

11 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

I'm willing to learn how her team hits...

hard.

and long.

[Hagbard Celine 11,216]

nice poise from dahlkemper there

[Huckleberry 34,578]

Chile still goalless against Thailand.

[Hagbard Celine 11,216]

even if we don't massacre the remainder of the field, one thing i am willing to get enchubbened over is that the "entitled to a place on the squad" thing has finally been put to pasture with the women's program.

[Napoleon 8,827]

Why is "Giving a Bear Hug to an attacking player to prevent her racing up field, right in front of the ref" just a warning?

No, it shouldn't be a red card, but it was not even subtle. There was no attempt to play the ball, it was just a plain and obvious bear hug to prevent an attacking move.

That's "a professional foul" and should be a straight yellow.

[alincoln 2,391]

26 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This team is a well oiled machine. I need to make it a priority to watch every game from here on out because we might not see a women's team like this again for a long, long time. 

Wait until you see the talent coming up through the ranks.  The girls development in the US is insane.  Every city in the country has an all-star team playing together from the age of 10 that practices as much as any girls around the world with just as good coaching and only play against other elite girls.  We are talking 1000s of girls in every age group.

[Napoleon 8,827]

5 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

even if we don't massacre the remainder of the field, one thing i am willing to get enchubbened over is that the "entitled to a place on the squad" thing has finally been put to pasture with the women's program.

Next stop...

The US MEN'S National Team.

We've been waiting for this for about 20 years.

[Napoleon 8,827]

Just now, alincoln said:

Wait until you see the talent coming up through the ranks.  The girls development in the US is insane.  Every city in the country has an all-star team playing together from the age of 10 that practices as much as any girls around the world with just as good coaching and only play against other elite girls.  We are talking 1000s of girls in every age group.

I was thinking about this. 

Sweden's total population is just about 10,000,000 and I'm not sure that Soccer is the #1 girls sport. (Winter sports are huge and I think that Netball or some kind of Hand Ball is big there, don't know.)

The US has 10 states with about 10,000,000 or more in population and I'm fairly certain that soccer is the #1 girls sport.  The US could theoretically soon field 10 teams as good as Sweden.

The list of US States with 5 million or more, plus Alabama, which has a soccer-friendly climate most of the year and is a sports-hungry state.

[Huckleberry 34,578]

I really really really want to see Thailand win their match against Chile. 0-0 at halftime.

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

8 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I really really really want to see Thailand win their match against Chile. 0-0 at halftime.

I'm totally cool with that. Go Thailand!

[Napoleon 8,827]

4 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I really really really want to see Thailand win their match against Chile. 0-0 at halftime.

It would be nice. They've already scored this WC, so they've shown that they can put the ball in the net.

It would also insure that Cameroon goes through.

But staring at that tie score, I just think how close Argentina was to possibly going through. According to a friend with daughters who lives in BA, the Argentine soccer federation (AFA) just recently agreed to pay the players and provide training facilities, but no specifics have been discussed. So Argentina rolled out an amateur team (or at least a team of players who had to pay their way when playing for the national team) and almost made it to the knockout stages.

That might be the same case for Chile. I think that it was last WC for Colombia or maybe Ecuador/Peru... (some CONMEBOL north Andean country that tied or beat France) Each Women's World Cup shames more countries into providing for their women as well as their men.

[Longboard Horn 41,350]

2-0! Heath! Great bend!

[kingkoopa6 8,674]

beast!

[RamjetFDO 10,648]

Boom.  Power.  Two.

[Captain Ron 13,128]

Only question is the onside/offside on the first play in.

[Cairn Horn88 8,502]

Just now, Longboard Horn said:

2-0! Heath! Great bend!

I'm not familiar with soccer.  Can they go for two after that score?

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

What a fucking goal! Yeah, Heath!

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

Heath is awesome. 

[WBT 20,967]

offsides, not going to count

[Captain Ron 13,128]

A side note to this, Chile has their first of 3 needed goals.

[kingkoopa6 8,674]

tobin reminds me of di maria... she got game!

[Longboard Horn 41,350]

21 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I really really really want to see Thailand win their match against Chile. 0-0 at halftime.

Thailand just own goaled themselves

[ztejas 44,223]

Doesn't Sweden touching the ball first negate the offsides?

[WBT 20,967]

wtf?  If the offside player wasn't there, the defender that played it would just let it go through to the other defender

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

O'Hara has been nails today

[Huckleberry 34,578]

1 minute ago, Longboard Horn said:

Thailand just own goaled themselves

Ouch.

[Longboard Horn 41,350]

With that goal, USA just set the new FWWC record for goals

[Hagbard Celine 11,216]

30 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Next stop...The US MEN'S National Team.
We've been waiting for this for about 20 years.

In the United States, The Cabal entitles YOU.

[Drew 2,920]

Can't watch...was it offsides or no?

[JNip 132]

How was that not an offsides? Thought that it was pretty clear.

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

Horan has at least a 9 rating tonight.

Rapinoe maybe a 6

[JNip 132]

1 minute ago, Drew said:

Can't watch...was it offsides or no?

Goal counted, I thought that it was a clear offside but what do I know. 

I would call that an offside before all the repeated pks. 

[Captain Ron 13,128]

4 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Doesn't Sweden touching the ball first negate the offsides?

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

wtf?  If the offside player wasn't there, the defender that played it would just let it go through to the other defender

Yeah, this seems dumb. The only reason the ball is played through is because the player was where they were - offsides.

In the EPL, that is called offside 9 times out of 10 and the only reason it's not 10 out of 10 is because they miss calls (the flag never went up).

It's almost like the rules change due to VAR.

 

[Huckleberry 34,578]

Yeah, Lloyd was clearly offside and affected the play. Not sure what the call was in the end (watching on mute).

[Hagbard Celine 11,216]

ya know, and this is a big-time weauxf with 30 minutes to go, but you know, not only are our girls better that sweden, they're hotter than sweden.

[ztejas 44,223]

3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Yeah, this seems dumb. The only reason the ball is played through is because the player was where they were - offsides.

That makes sense now that I think about it. Thanks. 

No idea why they didn't call it then. 

Also who is our #23 because good Lord she is hot. 

Edited June 20, 2019 by ztejas

[Captain Ron 13,128]

1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

Yeah, Lloyd was clearly offside and affected the play. Not sure what the call was in the end (watching on mute).

Well the call was "draw box with fingers, signal goal".

But the interpretation has to be that since the player didn't get the ball - no offside. It just doesn't make sense since the ball was clearly played to Lloyd (it was just deflected).

[Drew 2,920]

Is Christian Press still #23?  And yeah, she's pretty hot.

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

Lloyd with the shirt tug and now the bad foul near the box. Dumb.

[Jebus 1,341]

wtf the goal was not offsides but now is being changed to an own goal on Sweden?

 

[ztejas 44,223]

3 minutes ago, LonghornJudas said:

Lloyd with the shirt tug and now the bad foul near the box. Dumb.

Lloyd is going to kick your ass if you keep talking about her like that.

And yeah. Christine Press is 23. She's hotter on camera than in pics. 

[Longboard Horn 41,350]

Just now, Jebus said:

wtf the goal was not offsides but now is being changed to an own goal on Sweden?

 

Looking at the replay, when Heath shot the ball it reflected off of Andersson

[tokamak 6,687]

1 minute ago, Jebus said:

wtf the goal was not offsides but now is being changed to an own goal on Sweden?

 

ESPN's tracker has had it listed as an OG from the very beginning.

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

And yeah. Christine Press is 23. She's hotter on camera than in pics. 

she's pretty hot in pics too:

[tokamak 6,687]

standing around naked at the soccer field, as one does

not that i'm complaining

[Captain Ron 13,128]

Might be time to switch over Chile just got their 2nd.

[LonghornJudas 1,137]

6 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Lloyd is going to kick your ass if you keep talking about her like that.

I'm more scared of O'Hara. That girl will rip your face off.

[Drew 2,920]

8 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Lloyd is going to kick your ass if you keep talking about her like that.

And yeah. Christine Press is 23. She's hotter on camera than in pics. 

I think she's pretty hot both ways.

[Captain Ron 13,128]

7 minutes ago, Jebus said:

wtf the goal was not offsides but now is being changed to an own goal on Sweden?

 

I haven't seen a replay of the goal itself, but from what I am reading it looks like it was meant to be a cross into the middle of the box that was deflected in.

[Captain Ron 13,128]

Chile get's a penalty and MISSED!!!!! Could have the 3rd they need to advance!!!