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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 25, 2023 1:20:48 GMT -5
I am a dive bar afficianado and Mo's was . . . good.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 25, 2023 1:24:54 GMT -5
I am a dive bar afficianado and Mo's was . . . good. Always meant to go to Mo's, it's super close to where I work. And the Empire is a good sports spot too.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 25, 2023 2:28:23 GMT -5
The Philippines defeat New Zealand 1-0. New Zealand looked to have an equalizer, but it was offside. And the Filipino keeper made a great save late.
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Post by Mocha on Jul 25, 2023 2:29:02 GMT -5
New Zealand just undid all the effort from the upset over Norway.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 25, 2023 2:32:03 GMT -5
The Philippines defeat New Zealand 1-0. New Zealand looked to have an equalizer, but it was offside. And the Filipino keeper made a great save late. NZ's problem over the years has always been consistent goal scoring. McDaniel had a great night in goal for the Philippines, thought she was also solid in their first game.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 25, 2023 14:47:34 GMT -5
Norway and Switzerland finish 0-0. Still can't believe that with Norway's trio up front (Caroline Graham Hansen, Guro Reiten and Ada Hegerberg) that they are still without a goal after two games. Get the feeling there is something odd going on in the Norway camp - the coach benched CGH and didn't bring her on until the 2nd half, and I'm pretty sure Reiten was playing out of position last night. Hegerberg was in the starting line up then left the pitch after the anthems and didn't play at all. First reports were "due to illness", later updated to be a groin injury. Group A has turned into the group of chaos and surprises.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 25, 2023 22:14:56 GMT -5
Really looking forward to seeing Japan play in a couple hours. Their passing was exceptional against Zambia. I might have been most impressed on the pass that set up the second goal that was called offside, as Endo's pass basically went around the defense on a curve and right to Tanaka.
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 25, 2023 22:34:19 GMT -5
Headed down to Wellington today for USA-NED tomorrow. Plan to spend the next 30ish hours partying with the Dutch (win or lose) so please pray for me.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 25, 2023 23:34:48 GMT -5
Lots of scoring in the games today with Germany beating Morocco 6-0 and Brazil beating Panama 4-0. Italy also beat Argentina 1-0. Enjoyed Italy vs Argentina, neither team was holding back and thought the ref did a nice job of not letting things get out of hand. Germany were looking a bit rough coming into the tournament but they are definitely back to normal. Popp is always great, and think Brand has potential to be a break out star for them. Brazil looked fantastic, very relaxed and the passing was superb. First hat trick of the tournament as well (Ary). Just caught up on the highlights. Brazil looked good, but Panama's defense was really bad. They looked like the US men against the Netherlands in the 2022 World Cup. Just letting the opposing attackers be wide open in the box, leading to easy goals. Germany looked good too, but Morocco also had problems defending. The German players weren't as wide open as the Brazilians, but Morocco had a lot of trouble clearing the ball out of the box.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 25, 2023 23:59:16 GMT -5
Just caught up on the highlights. Brazil looked good, but Panama's defense was really bad. They looked like the US men against the Netherlands in the 2022 World Cup. Just letting the opposing attackers be wide open in the box, leading to easy goals. Germany looked good too, but Morocco also had problems defending. The German players weren't as wide open as the Brazilians, but Morocco had a lot of trouble clearing the ball out of the box. Completely agree re Morocco's defense...the keeper spent most of the game visibly angry at her backline. And with 2x own goals I can understand that. But she was also a big part of the defensive problems - several times went for balls that she got nowhere near, leaving a wide open goal for Germany to attack.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 26, 2023 0:31:17 GMT -5
Japan scored two goals in a matter of two minutes to take a 2-0 lead on Costa Rica in the first 30 minutes.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 26, 2023 1:57:38 GMT -5
Pretty uneventful second half as Japan maintains its lead and wins 2-0. Spain and Zambia are up next.
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 26, 2023 4:21:16 GMT -5
Spain rampant.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 26, 2023 8:47:36 GMT -5
Just woke up to see Canada is up 2-1 on Ireland with about 10 minutes left.
Edit: Canada holds on to stay alive. Ireland is out.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 26, 2023 9:00:14 GMT -5
Spain matched Japan's 5-0 thrashing of Zambia with a 5-0 thrashing of their own. Since Japan took it relatively easy on Costa Rica, Spain is atop the group by one in goal differential. Spain will win Group C with a win or a tie against Japan, whereas Japan will win the group with a win over Spain. I don't think they really care who they would get in the round of 16 (Group A might be the weakest group), but they're likely looking at either the United States or the Netherlands in the quarterfinals (the Group G winner is likely to be determined tonight). The Group C winner will avoid the Group G winner until the semis.
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