All the players on both sides played a great game.
Can you believe the shape they must be in to run up and down the field as many times as they did,I would fall out after one trip.
Great sportsmanship after the game also!!!!!!!!!
Just Another Collector
All the players on both sides played a great game.
Can you believe the shape they must be in to run up and down the field as many times as they did,I would fall out after one trip
Great sportsmanship after the game also!!!!!!!!!
el Hombre de Acero
Chile is probably the favorite at this point...but I'm taking Uruguay to win Copa America (if Forlán wakes up)....just to pizz ya off...Originally Posted by kennermike
Last edited by Hector; Jul 17, '11 at 5:11 PM.
el Hombre de Acero
This was a good opportunity for Mexico to have sent its first team...now that Argentina and Brazil are out...Mexico has always matched up well against the rest of the South American teams...but oh well...the hell with them then...
USA played a great game but so did Japan. it was a close and an entertaining match
The U.S. played some of the best soccer I've seen. There was definitely some bad luck happening with those first 15 shots that wouldn't go in.
el Hombre de Acero
Japan also had some bad luck...especially that offside called against them...where the Japanese forward was all alone to score...but was called back...they could've been up by a goal at that point.
But wee should not make excuses on bad luck for either side...you win games by kicking/heading the ball into the net...period.
The game was pretty even...the game was lost because the Americans choked in the penalty kicks...simple as that.
And I'm saying this despite the fact that I was rooting for the USA...but I have to look at the result in a fair and balanced manner.
Last edited by Hector; Jul 17, '11 at 6:32 PM.
el Hombre de Acero
You have to question USA's coach, Pia Sundhage a bit, she substituted two players for this game...the big one...benching the struggling Amy Rodriguez...sure...she was a bit off...but she had been the most successful player against Japan in the past...scoring three goals against them in the past meetings between the two...I dunno if that was a strategic mistake...Sundhage almost brought in Rodriguez near the end of the game...but backed off when USA scored its second goal...so...we will just never know.
Chile! gggooonnnneeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!Chile is probably the favorite at this point...but I'm taking Uruguay to win Copa America (if Forlán wakes up)....just to pizz ya off...
el Hombre de Acero
Losing against Venezuela...oh my...lol.
I can't see anyone beating Uruguay at this point.
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