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Did anyone see that crazy play with the Australia-Papua New Guinea game? Ball bounces off the goal post...still in play...defender from Papua New Guinea picks up the ball, holds it for a couple of seconds, drops it and no hand ball called. That could have been really bad for FIFA had Australia lost that game. I understand they make mistakes but that was just crazy.
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Looks like Mexico is out....now 2-nil England."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
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You know, even the men tend to use group as a bit of a warm-up for the knock out rounds. I think most teams played 5, 6 or even 7 matches before the Cup started, whereas the Brazilians have played only one warm-up match. That said, I do agree with your analysis about their chances. I just don't want to get too excited about a potential U.S. championship and then be heartbroken.
Not that mattered in the end, but I do think during Marta's first goal, she got away with a shove.
That was just plain amazing. I can't believe the ref did not see that. Its a good thing the Aussies won the match. Just imagine the stink that would have resulted if they had lost by one goal because of a penalty shot not taken.
BTW, it was Equitorial New Guinea, not Papua.Last edited by Wee67; Jul 5, '11, 1:42 PM.WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.Comment
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Good thing Brazil has the luxury of doing that. I also noticed the Brazil Women jerseys had 5 stars above their crest but there have only been 5 women World Cups and Brazil has never won (the U.S. has 2). Then I heard them say that they have the stars because of the men's team which has won 5 World Cups and showing unification. The running joke was whether or not the U.S. men's team should wear two stars above the USA crest for two women's World Cup wins.....never gonna happen."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
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The U.S. has a great team. If they get beat, they get beat but they do have the best team on paper anyway. With that said, I really don't want them playing Brazil in the Quarters so hoping they beat or tie Sweden tomorrow. They should have won 2007 but had a lunk head coach who made really bad decisions. There was the game against North Korea, Abby Wambach is really hurt and rather than subbing her out, they play with 10 players for a long amount of time. North Korea almost beat us. Then the mistake that cost him his job....pulling Hope Solo and starting Brianna Scurry. Hope having a great World Cup and he pulls her because he thinks Brianna Scurry is the more seasoned keeper....huh? Scurry was playing even a couple of years ago in WPS and just did not play well at all. She was great in her prime but Solo is much better than her and I think a better keeper than Scurry even when Scurry was in her prime."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav HlavatyComment
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Anybody watching the under 17 World Cup tourney in Mexico as well?
Plus Copa America as well.
So much soccer lately!
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U-20 World Cup coming up late July.
I have mostly been watching Women's World Cup games not all of them and at least catching the highlights from the U-17 and Copa tournament."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
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That was just a head-scratcher. I don't if the U.S. would have won that day, but pulling Solo assured the loss. Though, i have to admit I have a bit of a crush on Solo, so maybe I'm biased
Watched a bit of Uruguay and Peru last night, but I've been watching more of the women.WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.Comment
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Solo is indeed hot...I wouldn't mind doing a solo with Solo...
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YEH!!!
England v France on Saturday.
I had to sit and support Germany last night so that we would not have to play them.
You are right about that Australia game where the girl caught the ball and walked off with it. Incredible, i felt sure there must have been an offside or something and the game had stopped. When you first see it you have to watch it again a couple of times before your brain will understand what happened.Comment
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One huge problem was the goal keeper wearing a similar color uniform as the rest of the team. The officials should have made her change it before the match started.
As for Hope Solo, yes, she is very attractive and probably one of the primary reasons why she gets a lot of Nike endorsements. It's one thing to be a great athlete but to be a great athlete and easy on the eyes = $$$$$."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
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Thats true, just ask Sharapova.Comment
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Looks like Norway will be eliminated by Australia and Brazil going in knockout round as #1 seed (no surprise). USA win or tie and they play Australia....lose and they play Brazil.
I don't discount Australia...they have a really good team but still rather play them than Brazil in the first knock out round."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav HlavatyComment
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aaaaaaaannnnnnddd... my heart is cracked. Not broken, yet. but cracked.WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.Comment
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