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David spade is in the us team how come?
You saw Sinclair step up to take it only to be called back by the Canada coach? C'mon now.Funny. That was a great penalty kick by Sinclair, didn't you think?
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.
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.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.
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.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.
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.
In soccer at least.Spain owned the US in second half.
All Morgan did this game was flop and complain. No surprise there. What does it say that your 9 gets called off of a PK attempt? Coaches made the switch.
Too many long balls over the top of the midfield. No patience with working through midfield. When they went through Mewis and Lavelle it was good.
Still waiting for a great combo goal by the US. PKs save them. Rapinoe sucked on the field but give her props for nailing the corner with both of those PKs. Lavelle barely touched, if at all, on that second PK call and going sideways in the box. US saved by the whistle.
Heath disappeared in second half because of all the over the top balls and Spain's dominance.
Dunn struggled, but had the toughest assignment on the pitch. She had some good recoveries and overlaps in the attack.
Sauerbraun a class act.
Good for US to play these teams -- if they win, they will have earned the crown. And, US fans get to see firsthand that other countries are now on the same level as USA.
Highly doubtful. She probably hides it.Sure. Your wife might like Cialis too....
Where did she say she hates her teammates or treats them in a negative way? Just because she won’t wear a rainbow jersey she is a bigot?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.
Highly doubtful. She probably hides it.
Whether we like someone's religious views or not, whether they are disgusting and offensive or not our country has always been founded on religious freedom and freedom of speech. We run into trouble when we want to deny someone's voice because we don't like what they have to say. I am not in support of Hinkle's views but I still support her right to her views and her religious beliefs. I don't recall her saying hateful things about her teammates but maybe I missed that. I seem to recall that she expressed her views about not wanting to wear a rainbow jersey.
interesting since Italy looks like the better team...I know that China is supposed to be the favorite but it seems like everyone forgot to tell the Italians that!
interesting since Italy looks like the better team...
China playing better now...not sure what changed?I agree. They are looking like a contender. China doesn't seem to have an answer for their attack and it should be 3-0 already.