Without question? Would you like to google that?
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Without question? Would you like to google that?
oh canada
GOLD
au revoir to my Canadien ladies. defense was awful. Beckie hits a decent pk but not as good as Rapinoe's x 2 and the whistle can't save Canada. Not sure why you don't give the PK to Sinclair? Credit to Sweden who is always a well-strategized team, but this is a disappointment for the red/white and I expect calls for a coaching change to begin. coach is under contract through 2020 olympics. Fleming a disappointing tournament too. Westwood will be a welcome respite after a couple rough weeks.
SAME
oh canada
GOLD
As we are all seeing first hand, the women's game is completely different than it was 4+ years ago, when many of her goals were scored. Unless, of course, you are playing cupcake countries. No longer is speed alone enough to score. I have never seen before a starting #9 step up to take a PK only to be removed by their coaching staff--men or women. That says it all.
One more fact to look at if we are ONLY looking at scoring...NWSL all-time scoring (wikipedia). Morgan has 33 goals in 88 games. Kerr has 61 goals in 103 games. Williams (38), Press (37) and Rapinoe (34) all have more goals than Morgan in fewer games. Kim Little has 32 goals in 63 games. Lloyd 31 goals in 81 games. So even in goal scoring she underperforms many of her peers.
She's done a lot for the women's game, and has been a good steward. But if the best players are supposed to be starting on the field in the World Cup, she is not one of them. It will be a shame if she wins the golden boot if her only scores are 5 from the barely rec league Thailand team.
Just A Dad
SILVER ELITE
Felt like they tried to force the ball to Sinclair all tournament and then decide not to give her the PK?
Funny. That was a great penalty kick by Sinclair, didn't you think?
End of the Line
SILVER ELITE
Uh, some folks had to go pretty far off topic to bash lesbians and establish their homophobic bona fides. That's ok, I'm happy to bash back.
No one was bashing lesbians - nor should they. It was an innocuous comment that only someone with a bug up their bum could take offense.
MakeAPlay
DA
Sinclair told Beckie to take the kick. The keeper saved a kick from her at the Algarve Cup and she was worried.
End of the Line
SILVER ELITE
You see what you want to see. There is not a single fact that supports the proposition that Hinkle is not on this team because of her homophobic hatred of gays. The reality is that she is not good enough. She wasn't good enough to play for the WNT in any meaningful games before she revealed herself as a p.o.s. bigot, and she still isn't. Not that there's anything wrong with kicking bigots to the curb, especially when they're insubordinate.
MakeAPlay
DA
You are grasping at straws. Please find a new cross to bear.
End of the Line
SILVER ELITE
It's hard to find any crosses at the rate you're burning them.
MakeAPlay
DA
Do you watch the NWSL? It doesn't seem like you do. It seems that you have an axe to grind and want to find a controversy where there isn't one. You think that Hinkle shouldn't be on the team yet Sonnet should? You clearly don't watch games.
MakeAPlay
DA
End of the Line
SILVER ELITE
Is it no fun getting called out for spouting homophobic conspiracy theories? Hinkle is not good and never has been. She played for a second rate college team and could only make 3rd team All-American, which made her about the 30th best college player in her class, at best.
bullsputbol
BRONZE
David spade is in the us team how come?
oh canada
GOLD
You saw Sinclair step up to take it only to be called back by the Canada coach? C'mon now.
Rapinoe took the first PK because she is obviously better than Morgan at them and that's the gameplan going in. No problem with that and no negative reflection on Morgan for that. BUT, for the second one, either Rapinoe asks Morgan if she wants to take it and Morgan says, "yes" or Morgan tells Rapinoe she wants to take it--we'll never know the truth. Either way, it doesn't matter, because after she steps up to take it and places her ball on the spot, coaching staff yanks her off during the pause in play in favor of Rapinoe. Smart move. And not a big confidence booster for your striker. THAT, i have never seen before.
So the coaches tell Sinclair before the game that Beckie is taking the penalties? That's a big confidence booster for your striker? Talk about a distinction without a difference.
And it happens all the time - it happened this weekend in my DD's game. One kid stepped up to take the penalty, but the coaches switched them out for another kid. And you have NEVER seen that before? Come on.
oh canada
GOLD
EOL doesn't watch games, just reads scorelines and stats. If memory serves, he/she was attempting (futilely) to posit last summer that the USWNT is far superior to all other countries and that this WC would bear that out. Any honest and objective viewer who just watched that Spain game, and the Norway/Australia game, and the France/Brazil game, and the Netherlands, etc. can see that while the US is still the favorite, they are far, very far from dominant.
As for Hinkle - there will never be any "proof" that she was overlooked due to her religious convictions. People in power who are racist/prejudiced are usually smart enough to not be so candid. And while I personally disagree with her beliefs, just because someone disagrees with gay marriage doesn't make them a bigot. If so, then President Obama was a bigot until he "evolved" his opinion as the Democrat nominee, every priest/pastor who preaches against gay marriage is a bigot, etc. If Hinkle disrespects Rapinoe because she is gay or hints at disapproval in the locker room, then she's a bigot.
Canada has been a leader in gay marriage and we are proud of that. Our women, however, have never been asked to wear a rainbow jersey. That decision is odd. Can you imagine if a cross was on a jersey for a game...omg!
oh canada
GOLD
an analogy to youth soccer??....omg! if you don't realize how big of a slight that was to Morgan, then you simply just don't watch enough professional soccer. but i understand, it's fine, i don't hold it against you...Nike, Continental, Gatorade and all the corporate sponsors have spent millions of dollars fooling millions of people about the soccer talent of Alex Morgan, so you're not alone.
Ouch.