2019 Women's D1 Soccer Talk!!!!

Self-important rich girls kneeling at a women's soccer game when other more diverse rosters are standing. Stupid

Rescind your citizenship if u are not proud to be American. All races (buffalo soldiers, Japanese Americans, etc.) died in the world wars for your asses. Take a picture of those girls that kneeled, place that in Facebook and Instagram, tag them and let’s see how they do in the market place after school.
There are other ways to protest and IMO. that shit needs to stay out of sports.
 
Agreed. These are 19 year-old college girls who learned in Sociology 102 that they should be social justice warriors by kneeling. They play great soccer, but stop already. Clowns.
 
Agreed. These are 19 year-old college girls who learned in Sociology 102 that they should be social justice warriors by kneeling. They play great soccer, but stop already. Clowns.
This country was built on the backs of people who wanted to make this country a better place and believed that their actions, regardless of how small, may continue to improve society and our country - social justice warriors. The fact that these girls are peacefully protesting, regardless of whether I believe in their position - because I don't kneel for anything, should be celebrated. Calling them names like Clowns is uncalled for and takes away from the discussion. Do you tell your child that you're perfect or s/he is perfect enough that there's nothing more to learn from or grow from? As a nation dealing with different industrial, technological, and social changes, we should be discussing our differences peacefully. Talk to these girls and have a discussion with them if you disagree, don't call them clowns.
 
The freedoms people died for allow these girls to kneel with little repercussions but respect should be shown for your country regardless of the current state of our country. Very unpatriotic.

Try kneeling in North Korea. Or try walking down the street in the Middle East in your bikini. Or send a bad tweet against China.

What we have here are young soccer females who probably fell asleep during AP US history and care more about how many followers they have on Instagram.
 
This country was built on the backs of people who wanted to make this country a better place and believed that their actions, regardless of how small, may continue to improve society and our country - social justice warriors. The fact that these girls are peacefully protesting, regardless of whether I believe in their position - because I don't kneel for anything, should be celebrated. Calling them names like Clowns is uncalled for and takes away from the discussion. Do you tell your child that you're perfect or s/he is perfect enough that there's nothing more to learn from or grow from? As a nation dealing with different industrial, technological, and social changes, we should be discussing our differences peacefully. Talk to these girls and have a discussion with them if you disagree, don't call them clowns.
I'm a big Steelers fan and when they had their locker room debate about kneeling it caused my team great harm. So divisive. My family has a military history and none of them like this kneeling thing. However, everyone of them said they would die to allow anyone of them the freedom to kneel :)
 
The freedoms people died for allow these girls to kneel with little repercussions but respect should be shown for your country regardless of the current state of our country. Very unpatriotic.

Try kneeling in North Korea. Or try walking down the street in the Middle East in your bikini. Or send a bad tweet against China.

What we have here are young soccer females who probably fell asleep during AP US history and care more about how many followers they have on Instagram.
Do you see the countries you are comparing us to? We are better than that. We don't want to be those countries. That's how important their right to kneel is (regardless of the positions we hold)- many brave soldiers died for it - so why demean what the brave soldiers died trying to protect? I don't want to live in a country where we are muted and expected to be conforming to all ideas or else it's considered disrespectful. I want a bunch of friends, family and countrymen and women that have the right to peacefully communicate their ideas and thoughts without being afraid to do so. I understand that some soldiers think it's disrespectful to kneel but I know many soldiers who feel honored that everyone is continuing to fight for their country in their own peaceful way...with the rights that they fought to protect to prevent the USA from becoming a North Korea, China, or Middle East.
 
Army vet and retired L.E. here: Still clowns, sorry. Those girls have no clue. Again, teams with a more "diverse" roster laugh at their supposed "Westwood Wokeness." It's become a gimmick for attention.
 
Army vet and retired L.E. here: Still clowns, sorry. Those girls have no clue. Again, teams with a more "diverse" roster laugh at their supposed "Westwood Wokeness." It's become a gimmick for attention.
Thank you for your service and for your efforts to keep this country peaceful in order for everyone to exercise their constitutional rights. I respect your life's work but I don't respect the your specific action to resort to name calling rather than discussing better ways to help the girls bring light to what they see as a social injustice.
 
I'm all for peaceful protest. If you want to stand on a street corner and protest I'm all for it. A teenage college student kneeling at a soccer game smacks of entitlement and attention grabbing. Megan Rapinoe did it, and although I don't agree with her, at least she has a dog in the fight and can probably articulate her position well. How many players on UCLA women's soccer had a negative interaction with law enforcement past a campus parking ticket? The kneeling thing is played out. Play soccer, then go stand on a corner with your sign.
 
I just saw a great quote by JFK
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the comfort of thought.”

Let’s enjoy this MAP-free day and talk some college soccer. I am really enjoying all the wild turns this season has brought. Hoping everyone’s dds stay healthy as we near the Tournament.
 
I was staring at SC and Pepperdine’s good wins:

SC—-UCLA, UCSB, Arizona

Pepperdine - Stanford, CSUN, tie TX a and M and UCLA

I think Pepp has the edge. A tie or win vs. SC enough.
 
Just out of curiosity in what manner could they protest that would be acceptable to you? If they look around and see social injustices and want to participate in a peaceful yet persistent movement to bring attention to what they see, why does it rankle you so much?
And why aren’t you directing your anger at the actual injustices that are occurring? How about every time you see someone kneeling you fire off an email to your local police department thanking them for their service and then asking what kind of diversity and defusion training they are doing? Or when you see a kneeler, email your local representative asking how they voted on the legislation that removes discrimination in home lending programs? Or ask how you can help support wage equality between races?
Use that anger to change the thing that the protests are about rather than just pound sand at the protest themselves.

And the notion that college kids aren’t aware enough to understand what they are protesting is asinine. It was through my college teammates that I first learned about systemic racism. To say it’s merely for social media suggests you severely underestimate college students. And McCullough at UCLA is very well spoken and knows the gravity of her choices. You all sound like angry old men cursing the sky for being blue.
 
You lost me at the notion of players kneeling because of home lending discrimination. And who's McCullough? Back to soccer...
She was one of those overrated kids in high school that unlike fine wine, has not improved with adulthood. She also spends a ton of time on her knees.
 
Washington schools coming to Socal this next week... big 4 way test. Will be very interesting to see if the hot starting Huskies are for real… And can Washington State recapture some of the magic they’ve shown in the past? Does USC get back on track to contend for a possible number one NCAA seed? And does UCLA find its footing And start marching toward the tournament with momentum?

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I was staring at SC and Pepperdine’s good wins:

SC—-UCLA, UCSB, Arizona

Pepperdine - Stanford, CSUN, tie TX a and M and UCLA

I think Pepp has the edge. A tie or win vs. SC enough.
This match is a must win for both teams. A tie for the Waves could be detrimental to our chances of making the NCAA tournament. That loss to SLO looms large...
 
Did you watch the game? Yes, spanked. Now we wont see MAP for another 2 weeks. Bonus!
I watched the game. They did not get spanked. Stanford had most the ball and chances in first half, but UCLA turned it around in second half and looked dangerous, but Stanford D kept them from any grade A chances. It was a hard fought good match. Not a spanking.
 
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