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

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

her.  #14.  yumm.

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

4 hours ago, phdhorn said:

If they beat Thailand 13-0, they'd beat the U.S. Men's team by about 24-0.

Please stop doing this.  It's an apples/orange comparison.  The US Men would beat the US Women by 15 goals.  

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/

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In preparation for two upcoming friendlies against Russia, the U.S. women’s national team played the FC Dallas U-15 boys academy team on Sunday and fell 5-2, according to FC Dallas’ official website. 

 

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

Do you not even facetious, bro?

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

20 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

FC Dallas U-15 boys academy team on Sunday and fell 5-2, according to FC Dallas’ official website. 

FC Dallas U-15 would beat the men 21-0.

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

20 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

Do you not even facetious, bro?

I do, but between here and Twitter, it's sometimes hard to determine.

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

That looks like a pk.

[ztejas 43411]

Quit fucking joking around about the US Men's team you assholes. There's nothing funny about it. Christian Pulisic on a bum knee high on mescaline would pound in 30 goals against any women's team. 

[phdhorn 6224]

33 minutes ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Please stop doing this.  It's an apples/orange comparison.  The US Men would beat the US Women by 15 goals.  

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/a-dallas-fc-under-15-boys-squad-beat-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/

Nevertheless, the men do horribly suck, I mean really horribly, and the state of women's soccer is meh.  After the first 4-5 WC teams, the quality drops off galactially, and the fact that a team like Thailand even gets in attests to that.  It's okay, it's what it is.

But all those gender-baiting critics should note that for the burr up their asses about "what if the MEN did it..." if you want women's soccer to really be on some kind of par with the men's, then don't applaud this shit - and worst of all, stop thinking that the men would do it.  Scoring 13 goals in a game is what it is, that's merely questionable, but what isn't is the carrying on like you just beat the German men.  My guess is that the Thai women's soccer team would play to a draw vs. no-leg amputees (no one would score), so have a little class.  But most of all, don't bitch about "double standards" when I'm fairly sure that there is no fucking men's team in the universe that would do more than hearty pats on the back/ass/whatever after oh say the 6th goal.  So that stupid fucking "no one would say anything if the MEN did it" well the MEN wouldn't do it, period.  Ever.  

And this is the WORLD CUPP!!!!! so it's okay! As if the women's tourney is the most competitive spectacle anywhere.  No, it's like 7-8 good teams and the rest are pretty meh, if not shitty.  That's okay, again it is what it is.  But who gives a shit if it's the WORLD CUP!!!! That's like saying it's the SOAPBOX DERBY!!!!  The worst 10 cars are blocks on wheels that you probably have to push downhill to run.  The world cup is a few good teams and a bunch of stinkers - much worse than the men even with their 32 teams.  So respect the shitty, awful, shouldn't-be-there-except-the-level-of-competition-at-#24-is-worse-than-imaginable-Thai team and respect their being there by playing on without acting like you're doing something at all hard in that game.

So if you want some semblance of acceptance on the men's level, have the same play standards.  It's over, no one will care next week, but yeah, it was kind of weird and "girlie" to act like 6 year olds at a My Little Pony party after awhile.  Score your goal, high five a few people, and score another.  Nothing wrong with that.  The celebrating?  Dumb.

[crash_davis 23096]

lalas' fucking contrarian shtick was tiring 10 years ago.  now it drives me to insanity.  he's so fucking smug sitting there thinking of the exact opposite of what everyone else is going to say.  i mute the shit every time to cut to him to speak.

who's dick does he keep sucking to still have a job spewing fucking non-sense shit?

[LTtxfan 49142]

This just in.....

US Women's team just scored again on Thailand...

[Rimbo 25908]

8 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

Yeah the only thing even remotely offensive about yesterday was the referee adding second half stoppage time. The rest is just meaningless noise.

I'm good with this. We had already broken the world record at this point. And it's competition at what is presumably the highest level.

[ztejas 43411]

9 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Nevertheless, the men do horribly suck, I mean really horribly, and the state of women's soccer is meh.  After the first 4-5 WC teams, the quality drops off galactially, and the fact that a team like Thailand even gets in attests to that.  It's okay, it's what it is.

But all those gender-baiting critics should note that for the burr up their asses about "what if the MEN did it..." if you want women's soccer to really be on some kind of par with the men's, then don't applaud this shit - and worst of all, stop thinking that the men would do it.  Scoring 13 goals in a game is what it is, that's merely questionable, but what isn't is the carrying on like you just beat the German men.  My guess is that the Thai women's soccer team would play to a draw vs. no-leg amputees (no one would score), so have a little class.  But most of all, don't bitch about "double standards" when I'm fairly sure that there is no fucking men's team in the universe that would do more than hearty pats on the back/ass/whatever after oh say the 6th goal.  So that stupid fucking "no one would say anything if the MEN did it" well the MEN wouldn't do it, period.  Ever.  

And this is the WORLD CUPP!!!!! so it's okay! As if the women's tourney is the most competitive spectacle anywhere.  No, it's like 7-8 good teams and the rest are pretty meh, if not shitty.  That's okay, again it is what it is.  But who gives a shit if it's the WORLD CUP!!!! That's like saying it's the SOAPBOX DERBY!!!!  The worst 10 cars are blocks on wheels that you probably have to push downhill to run.  The world cup is a few good teams and a bunch of stinkers - much worse than the men even with their 32 teams.  So respect the shitty, awful, shouldn't-be-there-except-the-level-of-competition-at-#24-is-worse-than-imaginable-Thai team and respect their being there by playing on without acting like you're doing something at all hard in that game.

So if you want some semblance of acceptance on the men's level, have the same play standards.  It's over, no one will care next week, but yeah, it was kind of weird and "girlie" to act like 6 year olds at a My Little Pony party after awhile.  Score your goal, high five a few people, and score another.  Nothing wrong with that.  The celebrating?  Dumb.

What a strange rant. I feel drunk by contact

[Napoleon 8660]

7 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

If Spain beats Germany in the next game up the US' path to the Final is probably Germany (2nd in FIFA rankings), France (4th) and England (3rd)

 

5 hours ago, ATLLonghorn said:

Spain has controlled possession in this game, but their finishing is shit. I haven't seen much to think they're going to be a huge problem for the US unless they can play keep away. Germany doesn't look overly impressive without Marozsan so if she's out long term that could make that half of the KO bracket fun.

Today I watched chunks of Germany vs Spain and France vs Norway(?).

IMPRESSIONS:

From passing accuracy, to individual skill, to quickness, to speed, to power of shots... and final touch in general...

Unless England and/or Sweden are significantly better than the 4 "Top Teams" who played today, I don't think that any team can stay within a goal of the USWNT. I didn't see a player out there today who looked like they could even be a sub for the USWNT and I saw better soccer last fall in the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament (not even "Final Four") than I have so far from any other team besides the USWNT in this entire Cup.

This year's USWNT would have beaten the 2016 Olympic flops by 4 to 5 goals.

FC Dallas' U-15 squad would beat Germany or Spain by at least 7-0.

[ztejas 43411]

https://www.tsn.ca/former-canada-international-gets-death-threats-for-u-s-goal-celebration-criticism-1.1320944

[ATLLonghorn 848]

1 hour ago, Napoleon said:

 

Today I watched chunks of Germany vs Spain and France vs Norway(?).

 

I was just begging ANYONE to shoot first time. Every player would settle the ball and give the defender a chance to close. The PK France got was dicey. 

[Napoleon 8660]

Spain vs Tahiti in the Confederations Cup in 2013 for a comparison of celebrations vs inferior opponents on the world stage.

 

[Pam Cummings 9639]

11 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Wait, former Canadian players were pissed about our goal celebrations?

https://www.tsn.ca/fifa-women-s-world-cup/video/tsn-women-s-world-cup-panel-it-s-not-about-goals-it-s-about-sportsmanship~1705454

Like the twitter post that led me to that video, I didn't have a feeling one way or the other. But after watching Canada being ticked about our celebrations, I LOVE IT.

 

 

This is funny considering the Canadian fans' reaction to Kevin Durant's injury the other night.

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

@napoleon

can we please see the us destroy a couple more opponents before declaring them unassailable?

 

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3 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Spain vs Tahiti in the Confederations Cup in 2013 for a comparison of celebrations vs inferior opponents on the world stage.

 

Exactly this. Those dumb bitches ask if anyone would be saying the same thing if the men did what they did. Well no, because they wouldn't react that way. At all. 

[AbeFroman 2154]

Suvk my thug ros..wrongs thread

[AbeFroman 2154]

Around here, it's the hardest time of year

[AbeFroman 2154]

 

[AbeFroman 2154]

Let's play soccer 

[Sweetnsourpoke 166]

On ‎6‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 11:11 PM, Knoxtnhorn said:

So the world doesn't have Title 9?  Guess what.  A bunch of these countries - including Thailand - don't consider women to be even remotely equal to men.  There are about 500 other things that need to be worked through before you can start worrying about equal soccer pay between men and women in Thailand. 

Now if the US does the same thing to France or Sweden, by all means, celebrate.  But we should really tone it down when it comes to countries with a similar makeup to Thailand.

This is really kind of a funny statement. Spent four years in Thailand and, trust me, it's the women that are the more dominant sex over there. Thai men tend to be the subordinates in that culture. Of course, Southeast Asia would much rather watch the men's game than the women's in that soccer crazy part of the world. 

In regards to that game, I agree with the celebrating being excessive. That was embarrassing to watch. I played hockey in Japan from the late 90's to 2004 and had a few Canadian teammates that were part of the Japanese National and 1998 Olympic team in Nagano. In 2003 , the Japanese team had to play the Thai national team for the warmup to the Asian Winter Games and beat them 39-0!! You had pro-hockey players taking on guys that had played the game about 5 years. It was absolutely ridiculous to even play that game. Certainly wasn't any celebrating going on in that game. Just go out and take care of business. And in that respect, when you do have two equal teams and a player celebrates a goal with an 8 goal lead, I can assure his head better be on a swivel the rest of the night. Paybacks are a bitch. 

I don't know....I just thought the celebrating was a bit over the top. 

[phdhorn 6224]

15 hours ago, ztejas said:

What a strange rant. I feel drunk by contact

Almost as strange as seeing posts by people who think that people were serious about the men's vs. women's teams.

[JimmyHoffa 1188]

9 hours ago, Sweetnsourpoke said:

 

I don't know....I just thought the celebrating was a bit over the top. 

 

This of course was the little gripe that many people had which isn't the end of the world but hey you destroyed a awful team maybe act like you have been there before (which they had especially Rapinoe). 

But in today's freak out world that has to be spun into 1000 different ways for whatever non story narrative some idiot on the internet wants to argue. 

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

2 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Almost as strange as seeing posts by people who think that people were serious about the men's vs. women's teams.

I spent 20 years in Knoxville.  During that time I had at least 100 different arguments with people - both men and women - who swore the Lady Vols would beat the Vol men's team.  Hell I got kicked out of a tailgate once going at it with about 10 people claiming as much.  My experience has jaded my perception of truth v saracasm.

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

not a pk

[ATLLonghorn 848]

3 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

not a pk

Yeah, on the live look it looked like she tugged the arm, but she didn't. Ref got it right.

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

i think they var'ed it off from a matilda handball on the run in outside the box

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

can't grab kit in the box

[Bottlecap 1523]

if you're famous they'll let you do it

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

nice skill and move there for oz

touch touch cross redirect/shot

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

athletic brazilian attackers

[Longhornfan1024 1707]

Brazil just punked Australia on that goal.  

[ATLLonghorn 848]

Australia was a dark horse in the tournament and has sucked in the tournament. They can still get in to the knockout stage as a third place team, but they'd play France or Germany in the R16. Big time disappointment.

[ATLLonghorn 848]

Huge goal for Australia.

[ATLLonghorn 848]

Apparently that was the first group stage goal Brazil has allowed since 2003.

[ATLLonghorn 848]

Massive fuck up from the Brazilian keeper as a cross into the box gets by her and in and it's tied. This has been the most fun game of the tournament.

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

welp this thing is opened up

last 30 should be wild

[Hagbard Celine 10848]

that's a goal

[ATLLonghorn 848]

Offside call is negated because the Brazilian player deliberately played the ball and headed it into her own net. That is WILD.

[bonnieblue 542]

I've never seen anything like that before. This game is great.

[LonghornJudas 1097]

Brazilians telling others to get up is always amusing. To be fair, though, the men are way worse.

Good match though. Aussies came to play.

Edited June 13, 2019 by LonghornJudas

[RamjetFDO 10575]

Glad to see the Matildas beat Brazil ... enjoyed that match!

[ATLLonghorn 848]

Tons of credit for to Australia for the comeback. That goal before halftime changed the momentum

[Captain Ron 12863]

11 minutes ago, RamjetFDO said:

Glad to see the Matildas beat Brazil ... enjoyed that match!

Always glad to see Brazil lose.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

 Let's talk about Brazil not running up the score.

[hayden_horn 11362]

17 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Always glad to see Brazil lose.

especially marta

[alincoln 2371]

Should be interesting to see who wins this group.  Could easily end up with 3 teams with 6 points.