I made a mistake counting the World Cup and Olympic qualifying goals, but it's 21 for friendlies according to Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carli_Lloyd
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FIFA Women's World Cup 2015 Canada |OT| Blatter's Last Voyage
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I made a mistake counting the World Cup and Olympic qualifying goals, but it's 21 for friendlies according to Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carli_Lloyd
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
Nice celebration!
Totally bit them in the ass, too. They stayed out and celebrated after winning on the flukiest of fluke own goals, then they got beaten so badly by the USA that it made the Lesnar/Cena match at Summerslam look like a fair fight.
Maybe next time, save the celebrations for when you don't win by an own goal that leaves one of the opposition in tears?
Ganzlinger
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Was that from England's match? lol Didn't know.
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
That was after the semifinal with England, yeah. It took ovarian fortitude to do that after the way they won,
Ganzlinger
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I blame you guys
Yeah, they should have a better judgement of the situation. Should at least feel a bit ashamed to advance by luck.
Honestly, when we get to the knockout stages of the Olympics Rio 2016....maybe Lloyd should go up top again with Morgan or whoever. I mean, I feel sorry for Leroux and Press, not getting to play at much and even ARod starting over them after how well they've played the past year.....but if you don't perform, you don't get to play.
They're probably like, "how low are we on the striker depth chart now?" But clutch Lloyd is near the best person on the team. And if Holiday and Brian are in the middle, come knockout time Lloyd could go uptop again.
Rereading the last few pages...
Leroux still coming up?
Really?
Well after Tancredi and Filigno's (and Sinclair to a degree tbh) performance, I guess I understand why you'd want an attacker. Leon wasn't horrible at least...right?
...who cares?
They got to a WC final. Probably their last for a lot them considering their age. They played the game and won. They can celebrate if they want to.
And tears? Um, every losing team in the knockout stages had like half their team bawling from what I saw. Not just Basset so not sure why that matters. If someone cries you shouln't enjoy your acheivement?
And besides...it looks cool.
Why? Did they cheat? Did they not play a 90 minute game? I don't understand this sentiment.
Like, if the "Butt Fumble" happened to win a super bowl, should they not celebrate?
It's not as if the Japan team has had problems with humility the past few years.
...Still glad we wrecked them
They're probably like, "how low are we on the striker depth chart now?" But clutch Lloyd is near the best person on the team. And if Holiday and Brian are in the middle, come knockout time Lloyd could go uptop again.
Rereading the last few pages...
Leroux still coming up?
Really?
Well after Tancredi and Filigno's (and Sinclair to a degree tbh) performance, I guess I understand why you'd want an attacker. Leon wasn't horrible at least...right?
...who cares?
They got to a WC final. Probably their last for a lot them considering their age. They played the game and won. They can celebrate if they want to.
And tears? Um, every losing team in the knockout stages had like half their team bawling from what I saw. Not just Basset so not sure why that matters. If someone cries you shouln't enjoy your acheivement?
And besides...it looks cool.
Why? Did they cheat? Did they not play a 90 minute game? I don't understand this sentiment.
Like, if the "Butt Fumble" happened to win a super bowl, should they not celebrate?
It's not as if the Japan team has had problems with humility the past few years.
...Still glad we wrecked them
GAF has gotten bigger. I think a majority of this forum are from USA/Canada too so having the tournament in our time zone contributed to the thread's activity.
In 2019, the England, France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden fans have to carry the thread.
I don't know if you watched the special on Fox Sports 1 this morning, but Ellis said she was deciding between Morgan and Rodriguez as the lone striker in the 4-2-3-1 against Germany. Press and Syd are under ARod! :lol
And it sounded like Holiday won't play in Rio. Ellis said "What a send off for you" after giving Holiday her 3-star jersey.
Oh I didn't watch it. Lol, that's kind of sad.
I mean, of course Press and leroux are a lot better, but they didn't do too well this tournament. Still, Arod was garbage too so dunno why Ellis was still considering her.
Wait what? Send off for Holiday. That'd definitely be something.
She's only 27 though. Does she want kids or something
Ganzlinger
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I expressed myself bad. It's not like they didn't deserve it. It's like they should be more critical upon themselves. You were almost eliminated, didn't play well, but for some lucky goal you advanced. The competition is not over yet. That was a big red flag and they just seemed to ignore it with that celebration. In a moment like that you should think about how you are playing and be more discreet in your celebration rather than "look how cool are my dance moves." xD
Yeah, that seems weird, but oddly that's the second time I've heard someone mention Holliday hanging up her cleats. I was just listening to the SI Planet Futbol podcast from before the final and one of the writers said he wouldn't be surprised if Holliday retired after the tournament. I thought he misspoke at first, but nobody challenged him.
Ok. I see your point, even if I don't fully see eye to eye.
Weird. Well if she does, at least Brian seems equipped to step into the center midfield role.
Head of Vengarl
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Don't know if it's been posted yet, but here's the highlights of USA's goals with Telemundo's Andrés Cantor commentating (it's amazing):
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
I'm gonna miss the hell out of this world cup. I watched almost every minute of it.
I know seeding is a thing in men's as well as women's soccer, but I hope they do away with it. A team like France should not have been knocked out so early in this world cup.
I hope the women's side continues to grow, and I'll do my best to follow and support the NWSL.
I know seeding is a thing in men's as well as women's soccer, but I hope they do away with it. A team like France should not have been knocked out so early in this world cup.
I hope the women's side continues to grow, and I'll do my best to follow and support the NWSL.
Yeah, I heard that too and I was like "what?!" It might just be her saying something she didn't mean literally, caught up in the moment, etc. It was just a handout of new jerseys as opposed to a press conference or similar.
She has the worst "nickname" (maiden name) on the team though: "Cheney"
twinturbo2
butthurt Heat fan
If they didn't win on the flukiest of fluke own goals, it would have been passable, but right there? It was a dick move. I'm glad karma bit them in the ass hard in the finals.
Is there a Jim Ross mashup yet?
Ganzlinger
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Speaking of which, are you guys gonna watch the Women's football during the Pan American Games?
Surprisingly, the USA, that usually send their youth teams, is out of the competition.
Those teams were at the Women's World Cup and are going to participate at the tournament
Brazil
Canada (current champions)
Colombia
Costa Rica
Mexico
Ecuador
Argentina and Trinidad and Tobago will complete the roster.
The competition will start at 07/11, next Saturday: http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/en/football/schedule-and-results.htm
Rock Hardy
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The score was only tied due to poor refereeing. Japan deserved every bit if that win for outplaying England.
Japan didn't lose because of karma or excessive celebration. They lost because like many people have said all tournament, they are a one-dimensional team. Beautiful to watch offensively, as they probably have the best dribbling and passing front line, but their back line and especially goalies were suspect. This can't be seen better by how poorly they defended set pieces and how badly that goalie got beat on that long kick. That goalie was either coming out too far, or not advancing early enough to cut down the angle. That was a problem for them the while tournament. It's just that overwhelmed teams offensively that a lot of their opponents were afraid to push too far forward in fear that the Japan front would own them on the counter. That dribbling and passing (and foot speed) of their front would give any team pause...except the US. The US defense won the world cup. It's no coincidence offensive juggernauts like Germany and Japan looked so lost against us. Combine or staunch defense and their sloppy defense, while our offense is decent, and you end up with a blood bath in the finals.
Japan was always going to lose the finals by at least 2 goals. There's just nothing they'd shown all tournament that proved they'd be able to stop us from scoring.
Sorry, I don't like kicking an opponent when they're down. Japan was a good team, but styles make fights, and this was a clear mismatch.
Space Avocat
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I just learned Lauren Holiday was married to Jrue Holiday. He's one lucky man.
Ganzlinger
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Holy shit, now I realized that Holiday is Cheney... I thought they were different players haha (Cheney never caught my attention back then so I thought she wasn't at the USWNT anymore)
lmao
lmao
Canada's B team has already scored more goals in 1 match than the A team scored the entire WC tournament. Against a very weak opponent, to be fair. But it's nice that the junior team has a few capable-looking strikers, rather than just pinning all our hopes on Christine Sinclair.
Are they showing these games on cable or streaming them online?
Ganzlinger
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Brazil or Canada will won the golden medal.
Brazil send their first team with only Marta missing.
Brazil send their first team with only Marta missing.
Sportsnet had the soccer games on cable, while CBC was showing other Pan Am events. You can also stream online from CBC. Here's the full match replay.
http://panam.cbc.ca/videos/live/video/soccer-womens-2100-570250.html
ActStriker
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Celia Sasic retired today.
Ganzlinger
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What? With only 27 years old? Surprised.
Not the place for it maybe but I don't think we have a women's footie general thread. It was nice seeing Sweden take the final against Spain in the UEFA U19 today - and surprisingly good crowds for a u19 match in a country (Israel) with little tradition for it. The main thing, though, is that Stina Blackstenius is already a superstar. Some wild runs. Watch for her next european and world cup.
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