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Post by jayj79 on Aug 1, 2023 19:52:38 GMT -5
Lavelle will also miss the next match due to what I think is a pretty obvious yellow card but ignorant USWNT Twitter thinks is among the worst calls ever. I mean, come on. The challenge was late, she didn't make contact with the ball, and she recklessly took out the Portuguese player's legs. I thought it looked like she was pushed by one Portugal player which caused her to contact a different P player
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2023 20:35:30 GMT -5
I DONT EVEN KNOW SOCCER BUT THIS IS SENDING ME LOL
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Post by zarsta on Aug 1, 2023 22:09:14 GMT -5
....I can't began to understand the ranking system that FIFA uses, but this team being ranked 7th in the world is wild to me. I almost feel these Olympic medals are a bit fluke-like, or they are simply attempting to peak for the Olympics, even though my millennial mind would argue the World Cup is the grand prize of the sport. Are the times a-changin'? I wouldn't say three medals is a fluke. The Olympics is a real tournament (almost a second World Cup) on the women's side, unlike the men. It probably is easier to medal in the Olympics, though, because there aren't as many European teams, though that's only been a real issue fairly recently. For a long time, most of the traditional men's powers (basically everyone except Germany) neglected their women's programs. Not the case anymore. Yes, the Olympics has a good pool of teams, but only 12 in total (3 groups of 4)and 8 make it through to the knock outs. When they won gold in Tokyo, Canada was all defense and very little offense in the knock out rounds. 2 of their 3 matches in the KO rounds were a draw that they then won in a PK shootout. They also only scored twice in those 3 matches - both PKs.
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Post by mikegarrison on Aug 1, 2023 22:43:53 GMT -5
Lavelle will also miss the next match due to what I think is a pretty obvious yellow card but ignorant USWNT Twitter thinks is among the worst calls ever. I mean, come on. The challenge was late, she didn't make contact with the ball, and she recklessly took out the Portuguese player's legs. On replay it wasn't that bad but it was an idiotic challenge 50 yards from goal. When you do stuff like that, you get what you get. On replay, it sure looked like Lavelle cleanly avoided making contact with the other player, but the other player then tripped over Lavelle. I'm no expert or anything, but that didn't look like it should have drawn a card.
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Post by Mocha on Aug 2, 2023 0:22:22 GMT -5
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Post by nowhereman on Aug 2, 2023 1:38:51 GMT -5
USA vs. Sweden in Round of 16 right?
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Post by zarsta on Aug 2, 2023 1:59:00 GMT -5
USA vs. Sweden in Round of 16 right? The final group G matches are about to start, Sweden need a draw to guarantee top of the group (and play US). But even if they lost, they'd still most likely finish first due to GD (thanks to that 5-0 win over Italy). Sweden are resting players tonight, with 9 changes to their starting lineup.
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Post by zarsta on Aug 2, 2023 3:16:09 GMT -5
Sweden and Argentina 0-0 at the half. South Africa and Italy 1-1 at the half. Italy went up early on a PK, then there was an absolute disaster of an own goal to make it 1-1. The Italian defender whipped the ball back to the keeper, but didn't look first to see where the keeper actually was.
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Post by zarsta on Aug 2, 2023 4:51:17 GMT -5
A wild ride in the South Africa vs Italy match - worth watching those highlights. South Africa pulls off the win 3-2 in added time, giving them their first ever WC win and putting them through to the round of 16 (vs the Netherlands). In the other match, Sweden beat Argentina 2-0 to top the group. They rested nearly every starter (9 changes to the lineup) and face the US next.
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Post by avid 2.0 on Aug 2, 2023 7:07:46 GMT -5
Brazil? 🤨
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Post by zarsta on Aug 2, 2023 7:12:19 GMT -5
Was really pulling for them but Jamaica's defense was rock solid. Three games, three clean sheets.
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Post by mervinswerved on Aug 2, 2023 7:13:04 GMT -5
Tremendous effort from Jamaica!
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Post by avid 2.0 on Aug 2, 2023 7:13:50 GMT -5
Was really pulling for them but Jamaica's defense was rock solid. Three games, three clean sheets. France-Germany is gonna be a spicyyyy R16 (if results hold)
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Post by avid 2.0 on Aug 2, 2023 7:14:58 GMT -5
Tremendous effort from Jamaica! Jamaica volleyball wins Caribbean title for the first time, Jamaica soccer advances from the group for the first time (I assume), there’s probably something with Jamaican track going on… what a great time for them lol
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Post by zarsta on Aug 2, 2023 7:16:19 GMT -5
Panama scoring 3 goals against France was unexpected (France won 6-3). Their first one was only a minute into the game on a sublime free kick by Cox.
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