Maybe the USA should sue the players because they are OVERPAID. Can't even beat Canada?
Maybe the USA should sue the players because they are OVERPAID. Can't even beat Canada?
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times. This one was tough. First loss to Canada in 20 years. We honestly deserved to win this one (out played them most the game with a very weak penalty awarded on VAR as similar contact occurred 20 times in the game on both sides). The old strikers aren’t getting the job done.
I know I post a lot on how giving scholarships to foreign athletes gives our opponents free Olympic development and takes opportunities away from domestic talent, and that is abundantly clear in today’s game where 20 of the Canadian players played in the NCAA.
On the flip side, the USMNT won the gold cup against Mexico in a sold out stadium playing with young, second tier players. The future of the USMNT looks bright. They also beat the Asian champs Qatar in the semis and generated pressure through out.
Being woke has nothing to do with the loss. Rapinoe tells the real reason: "We just didn't have that juice that we normally do."
No, that's what happens when you replace a woman coach with a man.
Going scoreless in 3 of their 5 games in this tournament is unacceptable.
They've never been a speedy team, now they're old as well. Expect to see an infusion of young talent and perhaps a dose of self awareness.
They are nasty partisan left-wing hacks. Speaking of that, Kathy Griffin just announced she has lung cancer. What a day chock full of Schadenfreude.
joed|rt wrote:
I know I post a lot on how giving scholarships to foreign athletes gives our opponents free Olympic development and takes opportunities away from domestic talent, and that is abundantly clear in today’s game where 20 of the Canadian players played in the NCAA.
agree 100%. America should BAN athletic scholarships to international athletes. Those 20 canadian players, plus thousands other international players in soccer alone are taking money and opportunities from USA citizens.
Student debt is a massive crisis in the USA. We are seeing birthrates drop because people are so crippled by their student debt they can't afford to have kids. In the face of this crisis, all scholarships should go to Americans.
dgddl wrote:
Being woke has nothing to do with the loss. Rapinoe tells the real reason: "We just didn't have that juice that we normally do."
Did rapinoe play? If so, maybe the team would have had more “juice” if they had a 20 year old on the field instead of a self-absorbed 36 year old bag.
I’ll bet you there are more than a few ladies on that team that would tell you in confidence that they would’ve rather not had her selected for the team.
Get woke, go broke.
I don't like purple hair, anyway.
Go Sweden wrote:
dgddl wrote:
Being woke has nothing to do with the loss. Rapinoe tells the real reason: "We just didn't have that juice that we normally do."
Did rapinoe play? If so, maybe the team would have had more “juice” if they had a 20 year old on the field instead of a self-absorbed 36 year old bag.
I’ll bet you there are more than a few ladies on that team that would tell you in confidence that they would’ve rather not had her selected for the team.
Get woke, go broke.
She came on as a sub and, for what it is worth, was as good as any American down the stretch. Which isn't saying much, since our attack was flat throughout the game. She did play a very nice cross in which Lloyd headed off the top of the crossbar, I think that was as close as we came to scoring all game.
Played 5 games and only won one (counting the Netherlands game as a draw), and only really looked better than NZ and Canada. Not good enough. It's easy to see and say in retrospect, but this team just didn't have it.
As for "go woke, go broke", Canada kneeled with us pre-game (as did Sweden before they beat us). Apparently, "wokeness" has nothing to do with the outcome of sporting events.
alanson wrote:
They've never been a speedy team, now they're old as well. Expect to see an infusion of young talent and perhaps a dose of self awareness.
They're all athletes, just not very skilled or technical. Sweden's goal today was scored by a woman that plays for Barca. Now that the big euro clubs are investing in women's bsiccer the USA has no hope because the general level of soccer in Europe is much much higher than in the us. Better coaching better training
The US Team should schedule more practice matches against 14 yo boys.
Go Sweden wrote:
dgddl wrote:
Being woke has nothing to do with the loss. Rapinoe tells the real reason: "We just didn't have that juice that we normally do."
Did rapinoe play? If so, maybe the team would have had more “juice” if they had a 20 year old on the field instead of a self-absorbed 36 year old bag.
I’ll bet you there are more than a few ladies on that team that would tell you in confidence that they would’ve rather not had her selected for the team.
Get woke, go broke.
I get the vibe she's the mean alpha female and all the other women on the team are afraid of her. I don't mind the purple hair; it's her own style though.
jecht wrote:
Go Sweden wrote:
Did rapinoe play? If so, maybe the team would have had more “juice” if they had a 20 year old on the field instead of a self-absorbed 36 year old bag.
I’ll bet you there are more than a few ladies on that team that would tell you in confidence that they would’ve rather not had her selected for the team.
Get woke, go broke.
I get the vibe she's the mean alpha female and all the other women on the team are afraid of her. I don't mind the purple hair; it's her own style though.
As a Canuck, nice to see the team finally get a win over the U.S, especially after the 2012 knockout win by the U.S. on a questionable call; that look on Rapinoe's face at the end was priceless lol!
Korean American wrote:
macdaddy, the wrote:
Cheering against America is very American.
Not when they seem to hate the country that you love.
They don’t seem to hate the USA from when I’ve watched them play.
I'm pretty sure all of the women on the US team don't hate the US or want to come across as anti-american. Imagine being a conservative player on that team? They have been beaten into submission by the haters on the team that have high jacked the image. They are gonna need an entire rebuild starting with rampinoe just from an image standpoint. As it stands they have become very difficult/impossible to cheer for with her as the headliner, at least for most americans.
sikeloitheone wrote:
These people have no problems attacking anyone who does not agree with their beliefs. They hate the country that allows them to compete under it's flag. It's OK to point out the short coming in their sport results and bring them back to reality.
Last I checked the only attack on america has been by trump suppoeters in Jan where violence was used to try and overthrow an election. I doubt any of these woman were there.
Protesting and working to correct wrongs is about as american as it gets. There has also been the small facist subset that believes in blind allegience to a flag, but that has never been what america has been about.
flyingfrog wrote:
I'm pretty sure all of the women on the US team don't hate the US or want to come across as anti-american. Imagine being a conservative player on that team? They have been beaten into submission by the haters on the team that have high jacked the image. They are gonna need an entire rebuild starting with rampinoe just from an image standpoint. As it stands they have become very difficult/impossible to cheer for with her as the headliner, at least for most americans.
I absolutely love the arrogance of this statement.
Care to back up your statement that "most Americans" find it difficult to cheer for this team.
I've got news for you, most people either support the team's stance on racial justice or just don't really care all that much. You haters aren't as numerous as you like to think.
Can the media stop propping up 40 year old athletes playing a children's game just because they agree with their politics now? It's getting embarrassing.