Not available in the US. Any summary?
Sorry, basically short clips of the US players having elaborate celebrations when it was 8-0 +
Sweden won their game and will likely beat Thailand also by a lot of goalsI don't have any issue with scoring 13 goals, fuck I'd score 50 if I could. Aren't ties broken by point differentials? The next team could drop 20 on tha
Sweden won their game and will likely beat Thailand also by a lot of goals
If Sweden and USA draw group winner will be decided by Goal difference. If they had pulled off the gas after say 6 or 7 like the internet expert sports bros said they should Sweden potentially could have beaten that if they knew they had to in order to win the group.
So yeah it actually was 100% tactically necessary to score as many goals as possible in this group game. The whining about it is actually infuriating me today
Because even though the game was out of reach, it's still a huge individual achievement to score a goal in the world cup. As someone else had mentioned, Alex Morgan didn't celebrate her 4th or 5th goal. Players that scored their first individual goal late in the game celebrated and deservedly so. It's a big deal for them.Scoring the goals is perfectly fine but why the excessive celebrations
It's also a great achievement for their opponents to be there. No need to rub it in their face. Sportsmanship like that is taught at such a young age. Scoring a goal and not celebrating is still an achievement on its ownBecause even though the game was out of reach, it's still a huge individual achievement to score a goal in the world cup. As someone else had mentioned, Alex Morgan didn't celebrate her 4th or 5th goal. Players that scored their first individual goal late in the game celebrated and deservedly so. It's a big deal for them.
Celebrating a goal isn't to rub it in the opponents face. It's not a taunt either. It's just a team celebration.It's also a great achievement for their opponents to be there. No need to rub it in their face. Sportsmanship like that is taught at such a young age. Scoring a goal and not celebrating is still an achievement on its own
Blah blah blah pretending the playing field has been remotely even or close. Or that any level of difference is not from decades of training/programs/money/options.
i mean, i don't have a strong stance personally, but i don't think smashing a team of amateurs will compel many people to the case that the women's team should be paid more (relatively speaking)
What an embarrassment to the sport.
i'll insult men's soccer til the end of time thoComparing women's football to men's is dumb, and you're not gonna get people to care about it by talking shit about their team.
Celebrating a goal isn't to rub it in the opponents face. It's not a taunt either. It's just a team celebration.
There's nothing wrong with celebrating any goal-in a WC in particular-so long as you're not doing some racist crap like Anelka several years ago or deliberately rubbing it in which didn't happen here.
FIFA's rules have more to do with political messages and provocative/derogatory celebrations. The only real rules are not jumping into the crowd and not taking off their shirt. A player can celebrate their joy as much as they want outside of that, this isn't the NFL.Yeah no. There are fifa regulations against excessive celebrations for a reason.
FIFA's rules have more to do with political messages and provocative/derogatory celebrations. The only real rules are not jumping into the crowd and not taking off their shirt. A player can celebrate their joy as much as they want outside of that, this isn't the NFL.
What an embarrassment to the sport.
This is the equivalent of Belgium beating Austria 13-0 in the Men's game, except that would never happen because Men's sides are actually decent well towards the 100 mark.
Congrats to the USA I suppose, you beat what's put in front of you, but yeesh. This speaks mostly to the incredibly poor quality of Women's international football below the top ~10 sides.
There are plenty of celebrations like that still though ? And they don't get punished at all because no sane person finds them disrespectful or provocative.In the nineties there were these elaborate choreographies that players did after scoring. That was the beginning of the crackdown. The celebration of Brazil against the Netherlands in the US WC would definitely not be accepted now. Sucking your thumb is getting pretty close to that. Personally I think it's pretty fucking disrespectful.
That's a bad look and it makes the USA look like awful winners. Only thing worse than a bad loser is a bad winner.
There are plenty of celebrations like that still though ? And they don't get punished at all because no sane person finds them disrespectful or provocative.
The celebrations who do get punished are like I said, political messages or things like racist gestures mostly. Even taking your shirt off is forbidden now not because it's "excessive" but because it was used to reveal shirts with messages on and because of sponsorship issues.
Local time: 15:00, 18:00, 21:00
Surprised at the probability for the first match. Think Nigeria could very well beat Korea. Two of the weaker teams of the tournament meeting, anyway.
The two next matches are super interesting. Germany is weakend by the loss of Marozsán, who won't play any more group matches. Both teams won their first.
France are favorites against Norway, but Norway looks good too. They've adjusted their formation and Graham Hansen is now on top, to get more touches on the ball against a different kind of defense than Nigeria.
It's not about rules or no fun allowed though, is it? It's about good sportsmanship, surely that concept exists in America?Unwritten rules are all bullshit and it is more disrespectful to patronize your opponents.
Yes to personality, fun and showmanship
No to 'no fun allowed' culture. It's sport, it's entertainment
Sure the result is embarassing for women's soccer, but it's a bit harsh against the Thai team. They deserved to be here, but the step was too high. Even a resourceful France has a hard time to follow the developement of US women's soccer.The only criticism here should be for FIFA, the Thai FA, and the Thai coaches and players for allowing such a lop-sided match to happen.
FIFA shouldn't be allowing such low quality teams in to the World Cup.
dude! the celebrations are part of the funScoring the goals is perfectly fine but why the excessive celebrations
Someone like Pugh had her first ever WC goal, that's years of hard work and dedication being celebrated. She would have been excited regardless.Not a lot of people on the internet has a problem with the score, I haven't seen much anyways. HOWEVER, people have a problem with the celebrations that lasted till the 13th freaking goal, there is no defence of that. When Germany won against Brazil 7-1 there celebration toned down considerably after the 5th goal, and that was a 'competitive' (considering Brazil put up a fight) SEMI-FINAL. The US had no fucking class, it was disgraceful. At some point during that game they should've just put their head down and get the job done instead of celebrating and rubbing it in the face of a team that they had already buried.