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@ MAP or others who know, what should the Netherand defenders have done in that scenario? Close in on Lavell earlier ? I never understand why the defenders backtrack like that...Seems like Lavell has excellent/brilliant body dynamics and was able to keep the defenders off balance as she attacked them...
 
@ MAP or others who know, what should the Netherand defenders have done in that scenario? Close in on Lavell earlier ? I never understand why the defenders backtrack like that...Seems like Lavell has excellent/brilliant body dynamics and was able to keep the defenders off balance as she attacked them...

The defender has got to take away the far post for the GK and she should force her away from her good foot (Lavelle is SIGNIFICANTLY left footed). The back door turn that the defender made is great for playing the post corner if you are a safety in football but not so good for stopping a shooter from taking a shot with their dominant foot.
 
I hope thats not the case. If they cant keep people interested in the sport by the play on the field for a week and need other things to keep people interested then the game has bigger issues. I love women's soccer and dont believe thats the case but maybe I'm wrong.

Unfortunately, you aren't wrong and what you see going on right now doesn't help. Rapinoe is allowing herself to be used to advance an agenda (mostly aligned with her own) at the expense of her team. I don't care what anybody's opinion is on politics, it is very sad that we aren't seeing real interviews and media attention on the TEAM, rather than on one player. Last I checked, there were 11 a side and plenty of supporters on the bench who all deserve/earned some time in the spotlight.
 
It's hard to say whether you're genuinely ignorant or being intentionally misleading. USSF is not a public benefit corporation. Public benefit corporations are almost exclusively creations of state law, with a few federal exceptions like Amtrak and the US Postal Service (more on that later). In NY, where USSF is incorporated, public benefit corps must have a board that includes elected state officials (USSF obviously does not) which makes them political by their very nature. Regardless, if USSF were a NY public benefit corp as you claim, it would be doing what is in the best interests of NY state overall. And because NY doesn't hate gay folk at the same rate as significant portions of the OC and some of the more backward areas of SD, making players wear rainbow jerseys is something the majority of New Yorkers would probably approve. But it would be none of your business since you aren't a NY resident.

In reality, USSF is a private non-profit incorporated in NY under NY state law. It is a non-profit just like all the major political parties, which kinda hurts your argument that non-profits should remain political. USSF is also a special kind of tax exempt non-profit (a 501(c)(3)), just like thousands of other companies that take strong stands on issues that you call "political" when you really mean "I don't like that I'm not getting what I want so I'll call the actions political, which sounds better than what I really mean, which is that I oppose civil rights". Regardless, and somewhat ironically, 501(c)(3)s are almost always the best type of private business entity that can support civil rights, which you misrepresent as "politics". Just a few examples of private, 501(c)(3) non-profits like USSF happen to be Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. One of the main purposes for creating 501(c)(3)s in the first place is to support causes, just as USSF is doing. The problem for you, which you apparently can't or won't formulate in your mind, is that you think religion deserves a more special place with its tax status and benefits than civil rights. But too f**king bad, cuz those rainbow jerseys are going to keep coming.

I am fully aware of the Ted Stevens Act. The Act created the US Olympic Committee which, in turn, designates certain private entities like USSF to oversee international and Olympic teams. This is probably where you are confused (or intentionally misleading) because USOC is a federally chartered corp, not USSF. USSF is just a private entity that USOC told "go for it" with respect to handling international soccer competitions. As it relates to USSF, the Ted Stevens Act essentially just provides an anti-trust exemption so that it doesn't have to compete with a bunch of different entities fighting with each other over who is going to send teams to international sports competitions, and so that foreign private s**tbags like FIFA don't make that decision themselves. USOC designating USSF to deal with international sports competitions is hardly different than the US Postal Service contracting with FedEx or UPS. The Postal Service doesn't bar private companies from supporting gay pride because that would be wrong - and political - if it tried to prevent private companies from supporting civil rights, just as USOC doesn't bar the private non-profits that send athletes to international competitions from supporting civil rights. You see, you have it backwards. If anything, your hope that USOC would intervene to prevent a private company from supporting civil rights would be "political". But USOC staying out of the way by not actively punishing do-gooders like USSF for supporting civil rights is, well, the opposite of political.

There is also nothing in the Ted Stevens Act that says any of the private entities that USOC designates cannot support civil rights. You should know since you quoted some of it and therefore presumably can read it all instead of the bits and pieces you cut-and-pasted above. Notably, support for LGBT rights encourages public participation in sports (by showing support for a historically oppressed minority), which is an express mandate of USOC (36 USC 2205). It also mandates USOC to promote a safe environment that is free from abuse, including the emotional abuse that Hinkle the homophobe and her friends seek to impose on the LGBT community (also 36 USC 2205). Sure, USOC might decide that one of the private entities it designated has done things so abhorrent that it takes away the designation (like with gymnastics), but your problem is with USOC since USSF can do whatever the f**k it wants as a private entity, and supporting civil rights is not abhorrent in the least bit.

This is a long way of saying you are wrong. And you have lost. Civil rights is here to stay, but the religious tax exemption only has about 20-30 years left before enough of the mongrel horde crossing the border procreates enough citizen voters to eliminate the tax exemption for churches.

As a preliminary matter, you are mixing up my point of the Federation "should refrain..." from doing something to is "must not ..." Whether the Federation can do something, is different than whether it should. This is really the only point we disagree on.

I acknowledge that I used the term "public benefit corporation" imprecisely and that caused some confusion. If the federation was incorporated in California (it is not), it would be a "public benefit corporation," as opposed to a mutual benefit corporation. Under New York law (as Revised) the Federation is a Type A Not-For-Profit-Corporation. As a Type A corporation, under Section 201 of the Non-For-Profit Corporation Law. The Federation is a "charitable" Type A corporation (the equivalent to a public benefit corporation under California law), which means its members receive no pecuniary benefit from its assets and revenues.

In the case of the Federation, on July 6, 2007, its Articles were Amended and Restated and it expressly acknowledged its "general purpose" was limited to those activities under the NY Not-For-Profit Law and Title 26, Section 501(c)(3), and the specific purposes were serve as governing body, serve as association member to FIFA and promote and develop the game of soccer.

The Federation is a private entity (as opposed to a public entity), but it expressly made an election to hold those assets in trust of its charitable public purpose. In addition, by making at 501(c)(3) election it became a "public charity." Consistent with its charitable purpose, Article 8 of the Federation's Articles states:

No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be carrying on propaganda
or otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided by Title
26, Section 501(h) of the United States Code or the corresponding provision of any
future United States Internal Revenue Law), or participating or distribution of statements
for any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Ultimately, I don't think anybody has a problem with the individuals associated with the Federation promoting their own political or religious agendas. The issue is should the federation engage in activities that are viewed as propaganda and/or offensive to those holding certain religious beliefs. I say, no. You say, yes.
 
Unfortunately, you aren't wrong and what you see going on right now doesn't help. Rapinoe is allowing herself to be used to advance an agenda (mostly aligned with her own) at the expense of her team. I don't care what anybody's opinion is on politics, it is very sad that we aren't seeing real interviews and media attention on the TEAM, rather than on one player. Last I checked, there were 11 a side and plenty of supporters on the bench who all deserve/earned some time in the spotlight.

Well Alex Morgan won top female athlete at the ESPY's last night and the team won top team. Rapinoe on the other hand won the Golden Boot and Best Player award and the President was just shockingly talking nasty about her so it's no surprise that people are talking about Rapinoe. Me thinks that it's likely you don't agree with her politics which is why you are so bothered, but if anyone has a problem with her message which is that there is still social injustice in this country and the women deserve more compensation well that's on them. And if you or anyone else doesn't think that this amazing group of women will help lead to more amazing players down the road for the US then I don't know what to tell you.
 
Well Alex Morgan won top female athlete at the ESPY's last night and the team won top team. Rapinoe on the other hand won the Golden Boot and Best Player award and the President was just shockingly talking nasty about her so it's no surprise that people are talking about Rapinoe. Me thinks that it's likely you don't agree with her politics which is why you are so bothered, but if anyone has a problem with her message which is that there is still social injustice in this country and the women deserve more compensation well that's on them. And if you or anyone else doesn't think that this amazing group of women will help lead to more amazing players down the road for the US then I don't know what to tell you.

Are you 12? SMH
 
Well Alex Morgan won top female athlete at the ESPY's last night and the team won top team. Rapinoe on the other hand won the Golden Boot and Best Player award and the President was just shockingly talking nasty about her so it's no surprise that people are talking about Rapinoe. Me thinks that it's likely you don't agree with her politics which is why you are so bothered, but if anyone has a problem with her message which is that there is still social injustice in this country and the women deserve more compensation well that's on them. And if you or anyone else doesn't think that this amazing group of women will help lead to more amazing players down the road for the US then I don't know what to tell you.
Do you think Rapinoe was the best player on the team and deserved best player? The story of the world cup for me was stars in the midfield (especially Levelle), how Dunn grew into her position and so many other great players and plays. unfortunately those stories are all ready over because they dont involve Rapinoe
 
Minus JoJo and Joe.

Wonder how much Joe would have been shitting his pants mad during the 60’s and 70’s when Black Athletes were fighting for equality?
I am part African, dummy.
I grew up with the Owens family, idiot.
My daughters bestie of 10 years is black and I hang with the family, douche.
MAP is my brother from another mother and is in love with my wife, dickhead.
 
Do you think Rapinoe was the best player on the team and deserved best player? The story of the world cup for me was stars in the midfield (especially Levelle), how Dunn grew into her position and so many other great players and plays. unfortunately those stories are all ready over because they dont involve Rapinoe

I wonder what the media focus on tennis looked like in 1973 when Billie Jean King was spearheading the equal pay fight in tennis. Yet I don’t think anyone would say she hurt women’s tennis.

I wish the media was providing more substantive analysis too but I think we have to blame our current culture and not Rapinoe for why it isn’t.

Time to watch lots of NWSL.
 
Unfortunately, you aren't wrong and what you see going on right now doesn't help. Rapinoe is allowing herself to be used to advance an agenda (mostly aligned with her own) at the expense of her team. I don't care what anybody's opinion is on politics, it is very sad that we aren't seeing real interviews and media attention on the TEAM, rather than on one player. Last I checked, there were 11 a side and plenty of supporters on the bench who all deserve/earned some time in the spotlight.

Oh yeah, like you would check in for an hour long interview with Morgan Brian. Colin cowherd talks about this all the time, people always claim to want to see something (usually in its pure form), but the ratings ALWAYS show otherwise. Interesting, controversial, sexy, good looking will always get the eyeballs. I’m not saying it’s fair, but to think that we all would tune in for specials on ALL the players is disingenuous.
 
I am part African, dummy.
I grew up with the Owens family, idiot.
My daughters bestie of 10 years is black and I hang with the family, douche.
MAP is my brother from another mother and is in love with my wife, dickhead.

I’m sorry but even if that’s true, it doesn’t mean sh**%t! You have a track record my friend. You get all bent out of shape for African-American players taking a knee during the national anthem, so I think it is fair to say that you would throw a tantrum when two African-American track stars not only did not put their hands over their heart during the national anthem, but put two fists with black gloves in the air during the medal ceremony when the whole world was watching. And I’m not even getting into the whole Black Lives Matter issue.
 
I’m sorry but even if that’s true, it doesn’t mean sh**%t! You have a track record my friend. You get all bent out of shape for African-American players taking a knee during the national anthem, so I think it is fair to say that you would throw a tantrum when two African-American track stars not only did not put their hands over their heart during the national anthem, but put two fists with black gloves in the air during the medal ceremony when the whole world was watching. And I’m not even getting into the whole Black Lives Matter issue.

A number of members is this topic want to bring overt political messages into it. Ultimately, as we see before our very eyes with insults being thrown here or there, it devolves. Which is my ultimate point and why I believe our National Teams (USWNT, the US Hockey Team, and the US Curling team) should stay APolitical.

Thank you for bringing up the Smith/Carlos raised fist episode because that is an excellent example of athletes politicizing a sporting event/team that was supposed to be apolitical. We now have the Olympic being used for political purposes, with this country boycotting and that country boycotting or pulling out because some other country did something so now they are butt hurt.

My hope is that we use international sports, whether the Olympics or FIFA or other competitions to bring athletes of all religions, ethnicity, creeds, sexes, orientations, etc., together in pure competition. Prejudices and stereotypes are subversively challenged through competitive excellence and not through protests or over acts of propaganda. Once we become apolitical or anti-religious then we loose entire subgroups who now refuse to be exposed to the overt message and will never receive the subversive message.

Sadly, the opportunity we had during the 1936 Olympics for Jessie Owens to embarrass Hitler and show the world ideas of white supremacy were invalid would never exist today, because we just can't stop ourselves from using sports in a political way.
 
It sucks that we have to bring politics into this. We should just agree to disagree and move on. The problem is that if we don't agree with Rapinoe and her agenda, then we are bigots, racist and every other thing wrong with this nation. Reality check , just because you play good soccer, doesn't mean you should speak for this amazing team that accomplished a record setting history. Somehow Rapinoe will speak for the team( I think her team captain status is going to her head) Yet we look at the end results, yes the USWNT won, but it wasn't pretty. It was fairly obvious to me that we had the top overall athletes with an unparalleled bench who would be starters on all the other teams. I felt Spain deserved to beat the U.S., which basically means that the rest of the world is catching up. Japan did it before, the European teams showed that they are only a couple to few years away. So, while the focus should be on soccer. We are talking about politics.

As for pay, it should be comparable by percentage of overall or proportional, if that makes sense. It shouldn't be equal because it is not equal. Success doesn't mean equal pay, my DD plays soccer at an Elite level, and I would love her to aspire to Messi/Ronaldo/Neymar type $. Men's soccer has been popular world wide for how long? It's grown over all that time to get to where we are now. Somehow just because the USWNT has been dominant for the past two decades, somehow they deserve to get paid equal, in a country where soccer isn't even in the top 6 sports. Example, lets not stop at soccer, lets do the same for all sports. Women's basketball, football, baseball, hockey. If it exists, just because they are women, we need to pay them the same, because that's the only way to be equal. That's not very smart, the demand for each sport is dependent on how the sport is supported.. Tv, advertising, sponsors, fans... All things that take time to generate a profit in order to sustain the sport. Just because you are female does not mean you earned or deserve equal pay. I would love it if it were a real. I need my DD to go pro, before they realize the error. Reality is that by forcing equal pay will only hurt the sport because sustaining a profitable sport has become secondary to player salaries. Who wants to own a team that makes more money than the owner, who wants to advertise and sponsor a team that can't afford a venue to house the sport, if the players are more concerned about making money. With more time to actually create the demand as has been the case for the top leagues that have laid the foundation to create a want and more over a need to watch. Then eventually you see what can be. To demand such equality with...out the proven record to sustain the growth..well I can see another failed league.
 
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