WWORLD CUP: Not just for people who enjoy the fitness chicks thread

Hey, want a chance to cheer England without seeing horrible people who don't understand morals or tactics? Currently 1-1 w/ Mexico at HT, streaming on BBC.

germany scored a dope goal yesterday

also thread title ^___________^

Sinclair's goal for Canada was pretty awesome, too.

Hope Powell cut her dope dreads off :(

Sinclair's goal for Canada was pretty awesome, too.

― in an arrangement that mimics idiocy (Michael White), Monday, June 27, 2011 4:59 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

It was an excellently taken free. Thinking of going to Wolfsburg to see a game...

Mexico's #4 Garciamendez (and #4 in this pic; gis-ing sucks): fly

http://www.concacaf.com/javaImages/46/b0/0,,12813~8237126,00.jpg

the amount of space in this game makes me wish both midfields were more xavi less THUDD

Looking forward to seeing this lady:

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoTFL2whOkAkANlyjzbkF/SIG=127uss27a/EXP=1309232075/**http%3a//www.igol.pl/images/articles/lottaschelin.jpg

caught a wenglish match lately, v good standard except for gk's.

why are they rubbish? i wondered. everyone else is v good

kept me occupied for a moment

I thought Garefrekes was pretty good yesterday, too.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0PDoS3N4QhOqmQAHwKjzbkF/SIG=1311hsma1/EXP=1309233741/**http%3a//static.rp-online.de/layout/showbilder/26888-Kerstin-Garefrekes-ddp.jpg

simple answer: ladies are short; gks have to be tall

Sexist cunt alert: watching women's football is like watching under 17s. Pure shite.

^^^Hasn't seen Marta play

I was pleasantly surprised at the level of play, actually

more chauvinism, but the only female footballer with a place in my heart:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ao_aJ6yN_Co/TAX-HzrAYHI/AAAAAAAAA5w/OqVs1GtRI9Y/s400/aline1.jpg

i just think that the physical component of football is such an important part, and women just can't do what men do. even a team like barcelona made up of wee guys, they're wee guys who are pressing and making runs at full pelt for 90 minutes. so there are nice passages of play, well taken goals, lovely passes, but the whole endeavour lacks a certain oomph.

The stakes are still there, though, and an elegant attack is still an attack. The power isn't quite there in the shots, but someof the passing was pretty good and I like that there seems to be less simulation/diving.

2011 Women's World Cup

:(

pffft that was then this is now man

Dan if you start a thread now for Canada 2015 I promise I will post condescendingly to it. Though I cannot promise eight condescending posts in a row.

I have not been watching this tournament but I did see Marta play for her club team in person a couple months ago. Scored one, assisted two in a 3-1 win, was generally excellent.

it's ok guys, I think this thread better showcases the apathy we all feel toward the tournament

LJ would've been an asset on this thread; no-one else relentlessly champions the mundane, while lamenting incompetence, with all-round good vibes, quite like him.

whatever happened to lj?

Japan scored a nice free kick yesterday too, not quite as sweet as Sinclair's but pretty good. Mexico's goal was so out of the blue, 30 yard wallop. Nicely done. Necib(?) for Japan was excellent yesterday.
Also seeing as Under 17's was mentioned upthread, Ivory Coast vs Brazil was a cracker yesterday. Finished 3-3 with a hat trick for IC by Coubailly. A couple of the finishes were audacious to say the least.

BBC not really pushing this much, games hidden away on Channel 301, because Winbledon's on I suppose... and Glastonbury(!) I enjoy watching women's football.

Yeah Wimbledon and Glasto are massive draws while no-one cares about wfootball.

The nation stopped to see the Kaiser Chiefs' set at Glastonbury, it was the highlight of the year for many viewers

is it wrong for me to have a crush on the entire english women's team?

yes, you should crush only on Alex Scott.

Sweden just beat Colombia 1-0. Colombia had a Rincon and a Rodallega playing for them, no relations I don't think. US/NKorea later on.

Rodallega is Hugo's niece I think.

No, he's a cousin, apparently

espn3 ain't loading for me, can the tournament be that popular in the usa?

Try this in about 20 minutes:

http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/video/live/index.html

doesn't work in usa apparently

Yeah, I know.

ESPN3 down for me as well, North Koreans messing with our internet and so forth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHebuF8tNEM

espn3 u dick, this has never not worked before, wtf

I had to follow USA vs Korea DPR vis live commentary but I like all the following:

Both US goals came from ppl other than strikers;
They held the Koreans scoreless;
and allowed only 7 shots on goal.

What I like less:

Another disallowed US goal.

carstens, I couldn't even get ESPN's live gamecast thing to work after the second half and ended up using yahoo. Oddly, FIFA's gamecast went down in 2nd half, too.

John_Ashdown John Ashdown

Wonderful post-match presser: Nortk Korea coach blames defeat on players getting struck by lightning #wwc2011

more detail, so North Korea:

"When we stayed in Pyongyang during training there was an unexpected accident so our team was not capable of playing. Our players were hit by lightning during a training match. More than five were hospitalised. The match was on 8 June."

can we talk about the U-17 world cup here? going to see mexico play ecuador in a couple of hours

Just seen the highlights of Japan U-17s demolishing New Zealand 6-0 in the last 16. Blimey.

it was brasil and ecuador i went to see. brasil won 2-0 though i thought ecuador should have got more out of the game. everyone screamed when the no. 11 for brasil got the ball (apparently hes going to juventus) but he was really lazy and shit tbh. some nice touches from the brazilian wingers though. did australia get thumped by uzbekistan as well?!

France vs Canada in WWC was excellent earlier. France winning 4-0. France have been the most impressive out of the teams I've seen so far. Thiney got a couple of goals, one of them a real beauty. Georges is absolutely immense at the back and Necib runs the show in a trequartista role.
First half of Germany/Nigeria a bit of a bruising affair, 0-0 so far and Germany yet to impress me.

England/Argentina in U17 World Cup is on Eurosport2 later. Might watch if only to check out LFC's own Raheem Sterling.

everyone screamed when the no. 11 for brasil got the ball (apparently hes going to juventus) but he was really lazy and shit tbh.

Nah that's Lucas Piazón, he has signed for Chelsea and is supposed to come over in January.

haha, that review of the guy cracks me up

Argentina 1-0 up. Horrendous goalkeeping error from England. Raheem Sterling looking okay, v direct and tends to cut inside and shoot rather than getting to byline and crossing.

USA getting whipped by Germany in the U17s, 3-0 at the end of the first.

one o_O for the ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Q43S-PyOw&feature=player_embedded

That is infuriating

truly one of the funniest things i've ever seen

AUS never would have gotten to that ball, though.

The length of time she holds it for!

France vs Germany quite entertaining

Thought England were great against Japan, played some lovely stuff. Two amazing goals.

Yeah. The lob was particularly sweet, although the keeper seemed to give up and take her hands away just before it went in

'Chippy' Ellen White.

http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/video/video=1469452/index.html

France vs england should be a v good q-final. Looking frwd to it. Eng were impressive against japan after 2 lacklustre performances and france have been v entertaining to watch so far. Would give france the edge although their goalie is suspended for the match iirc.
No-ones stopping USA on their showing so far however.

so sweden beat usa who experienced their first group round loss ever (!). brazil - usa in the qf and sweden plays australia. i've only watched the sweden games so far and they have all been pretty horrible, usa surprisingly poor in last night's game though. guess it's all set up for brazil - germany in the final now.

yeah i was v impressed with USA...until y'days game. Still think they'll beat Brazil which would make me sad cos I love Marta.

Nobody watch the France vs. England game. I shouldn't laugh but the French goal... the English goalkeeper dived with the ball already in the net, she must have seen it was in the net too, what was she doing?

It's a reaction to the ball coming back towards her off the post I think, rather than one for the cameras.

England, though - you could enter a team of bulldogs in the animal world cup and they'd somehow go out in similar fashion.

Well Eng did go out in 90 mins last time. The 'lads' don't even bother w/pens now.

very enjoyable, that USA v Brazil match

That was fucking insane.

heartbreaker for Brazil there. Still rooting for France although I like the Swedish centre forward.

hope solo 4 president

in the top 5 games i've ever seen, no question

Think the S-Finals work out as France vs Sweden and Japan vs USA. Should be good. Really loved this tourney so far.

Actually France vs USA and Sweden vs Japan. I think it'll be a France/Sweden Final.

http://twitter.com/#!/TheBillWalton/status/90124530026164224

That game yesterday was amazing, though (sorry to be a bit partisan) it was some of the most incomprehensible refereeing I've ever seen.

The England manager slating her players for cowardice is pretty shameful imo. She had to go round three times to get enough volunteers - did it not occur that she might have a bit of management to do herself here?

on the other hand

Different teams have different ways of deciding which players will take the spot kicks in a penalty shootout. Against France on Saturday, England coach Hope Powell simply asked her players who wanted to take them and picked the ones who raised their hands. Bad move. England failed to convert their last two penalties and exited the tournament.

The U.S. team has another way of doing it. Sundhage delegates all the decision-making on penalty-takers to Paul Rogers, the goalkeeper coach. "I trust him 100 percent," Sundhage says. Rogers started preparing the players for penalties weeks ago, having them take the deceptively tough 12-yard kicks in practice, and in the days before Sunday's game Rogers had come up with his list of the U.S.'s five penalty-takers (in order): Shannon Boxx, Lloyd, Wambach, Rapinoe and Lauren Cheney.

But Cheney had already been removed from the game on Sunday, and so the U.S. had to make an adjustment. Sundhage and Rogers got together on the sideline just before the shootout.

"You're in charge right now," Sundhage told him. "What's the protocol?" Who would replace Cheney for the all-important fifth penalty -- the "Chastain penalty," if you will?

"I talked to Krieger about taking it," Rogers told her. "She promised she'd put it away."

Ali Krieger is a defender. "Unfortunately, I'm not the best shooter," she said. "That's why I play in the back. If you see me in practice, you'd probably wonder why I was in the top five. But I can hit a PK."

The England manager slating her players for cowardice is pretty shameful imo.

That's disappointing! I liked her too.

eh I dunno. What if one of the players the gk coach thought should take a pen all of a sudden didn't fancy it? The England players said they'd practiced penalties but come the moment some of them obviously didn't want to.
xp

The England manager slating her players for cowardice is pretty shameful imo.

How about withdrawing both fullbacks with 10 minutes to go, using up all your substitutes in the process? That wasn't cowardly that was stupid.

I was actually rooting for them but I did chuckle at England going out on PKs. I don't blame Powell for being mad. I just don't think it's very helpful to slam her players after a loss publicly. I felt really bad for Faye Smith...

One of the full backs said she was injured and the other was deemed too slow to deal with French sub Thomis iirc

That wasn't cowardly that was stupid.

Good point; this might be misdirection. Kelly Smith could barely even walk for the last ten minutes.

She sure as hell lashed that penalty in though!

Yeah, I was curious as to how well she'd shoot

Penalties are kind of BS so I find it hard to feel one way or another about going put or getting through that way.

I wonder if the US goalkeeping coach had them practice with the keeper charging off the line every time?

So has the popularity of the USA women crashed ESPN3 streaming yet again? I watched multiple Clásicos last season and this never happened.

yeah it's dead here too, I imagine ESPN didn't bet on ppl being so interested

I caught a replay of USA-Brazil the other night after missing it live, was really surprised by the quality of the passing, very watchable. I don't understand why Marta was so consistently jeered though, the penalty retake decision wasn't her fault and she had an excellent game.

Also I got the feeling that the ESPN commentator (Ian Darke) would not have dared criticize the same refereeing decisions in a men's match as harshly as he did in this one.

Good game but her refereeing was all over the place and she was handing out cards like Halloween candy

usa starting a player in the back line with no world cup experience today as a result of the red vs. brazil

What does Rapinoe need to do to get a start, I thought she was great in the last match.

yay! espn3 kicks in

I thought she was great in the last match.

And cute!

Yeah, but for real, that last cross wasn't her only great contribution. She had a good game.

usausausausausa

rapinoe used to play for the chicago red stars, she was a favorite of a lot of the dudes

I was shocked she even attempted that cross with her left foot after having seen her deliver others and take corners from both sides with the right, that's some skill.

Rapinoe came on for Cheney in the last game so I'm not sure what that goal will mean for her chances here today.

that was a nice combination and strike from bompastor

They're getting away with some awfully late challenges.

yessssssssssss! lucky goal but who cares. go France!

Keeper should have come for that.

they've been looking a whole lot more threatening than the us, so it's deserved

that wasn't a handball?

Those aren't often given unless the arm is extended out laterally from the body.

What is with the GKs in this tournament and punching the ball away when there's nothing to keep them from catching it?

my knee!

man this game is keeping me on the edge of my seat!

I think she tried to gently lift that rebound, should have smacked it even if she took the GK out in the process.

huge lol there! isn't this forbidden tho

hahaha

France USA

23(7) Shots (on Goal) 7(2)

Allez les Bleus

wow instead of flopping she could have just tried to head that one in

touchdown!

Another fantastic weak-foot cross by Rapinoe just then.

Why isn't Nasri playing for France?

Allez les Bleues

Fixed

(Prior to the corner-kick goal, that is, my stream is delayed.)

The quality of the goalkeeping is just awful.

that'll do it!

now that's a finish!

dope

Chippy Wombach.

The quality of the goalkeeping is just awful.

Sapowicz is like their third-string keeper iIrc

haha wait did they just score twice in the past 5 min (I'm sporadically checking espn.com)

Yes

go 'head, USA

Feel bad for this French side. There's some quality there.

I mean generally not just the France keeper, Solo as well. xposts

She looks nervous. The women keepers generally don't look as dominant as in the men's game. I don't know why. It makes the games or at least the attacking parts of the games a tad more interesting I think.

oh well, bien jouée les bleues! really entertaining game, tho i wish it could have ended some other way.

oh man, ian darke really used that "party like it's 1999" line a match too early!

tho i wish it could have ended some other way

First time in a semi is not all that bad. I enjoyed watching these ladies through the tournament.

revenge match against sweden would be nice

yeah it's a good result and the couple of matches i watched were very enjoyable. too bad they couldn't play with their first choice keeper. also, they really need to be more efficient in front of the goal. a bit like the usa for example. they really didn't benefit from their 30 or so minutes of domination. overall a great performance. good year for french women's football, semi in the WC and Lyon winning the Champions League.

rapinoe has been a p great supersub this tournament

espn commentators being very complimentary towards the french team

France-----------United States

27(7) Shots (on Goal) 12(5)
10 Fouls 12
10 Corner Kicks 5
4 Offsides 2
50% Time of Possession 50%
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 6

Those stats really make the final score look like finishing/g-keeping

Japan are really good at keeping possession.

Japan were awesome tonight. Completely dominated Sweden, had like 62% of possession. Their 3rd goal was genius as well. Really looking forward to the final tho a little sad France didn't make it.

Given that since their loss to England, Japan has gone on to kick out the hosts and beat the team that beat their next opponents, I'd rate their chances pretty good in the final. Their passing and imagination more than make up for German/Swedish/USA size and athleticism. The US are pretty scrappy, though.

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/757250/HOPESOLOKISS.gif.pagespeed.ce.GYMc4l2n6f.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB10rJJX3dM&feature=player_embedded

US Women's Soccer Better Not Fucking Blow It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrWifCYwuO4

damn!

why is the image reversed? i saw the game and at first i didn't recognise this goal because it wasn't on the right side! also this goal is amazing... but the corner kick from which it was scored shouldn't have been given. too bad for France i guess, they showed the same deficiencies as in previous matches ie the ability to score while dominating.

uploaders reverse the image so it can't be tracked and taken down as a copyright violation

oh ok, didn't know that. as for today's final, i haven't seen japan play. anyone fancy their chances?

japan are the best team in the tournament imo, they should win this. hate to say it though but the women's world cup is a joke. it's amazing sweden won the bronze considering they couldn't link three consecutive passes together in six games.

if only they had elmander

well schelin is still the better player tbh.

Actually think the tournament's been excellent. Pwns the Copa America from what I've seen. Japan keep the ball really well, except against Germany where they seemed to concentrate on matching them physically and actually managed it! Think US have a big advantage as far as goalie goes and will cause problems from set plays but Japan will dictate the play, as France did, but with better finishing.

right now japan isn't dictating anything, they're just trying to stop wave after wave of american attacks. are they out of it because of the pressure or whatever

i don't think japan has even had possession on our side yet, this is a massacre

is everyone else - guess I'm mainly addressing Britishers but who knows - watching this w/o any sound? wtf

is this streaming anywhere

i was watching on the telly with sound but i was talking on the phone.

thing about massacring the other side kevin is you've gotta score otherwise the game has a horrible way of coming back to bite you

xp espn3

http://myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=121443&part=sports
Take your pick

can see Japan nicking this match

Japan can counter attack and almost got a goal on a touch but the US has been relentless.

wambach's shot was so dope

the one off the crossbar? yeah she murdered that

is this the third time the us hit the woodwork?

whoa bad offsides call against Japan

then a nice header by the US

Japan are right back in this

omg

usa!

well hush my mouth

that physical dominance has been the difference really, especially second half

Just found the BBC are streaming this so I can watch it while the Apprentice is on.

yeah the ball that led to the goal was kind of nothing, ridic that it totally took a centre back out of the game

shocker, more terrible defending

jesus

lol defense there. it looked like the us had the win in the bag... and then this.

i could watch an extra half hour of this tho

get the ball out! ahhhhh!

Goal out of nowhere for Japan.

Japan wanna settle down, we saw how vulnerable they are to the counter when they push up

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/662769/fat-kid.gif

feel like if Japan cd exercise a bit more composure and slow the game down they could've dominated this. good match, anyway.

hahaa love that kid and his boobs

damn the USA has some problems on the defensive wings

they're playing quite narrow, that's okay if you get defenders into the penalty area and mark the incoming players but they look stretched when the Japanese go wide

Keown just called the Japanese team "robots" jesus please

the boy w/ the boobs looked, on my TV, like he'd had his belly slapped a lot of late

"take it to them -- it's the american way"

japan looks to be unchallenged when they go wide- could be the US thinks that they have header advantage but when the ball is on the ground too much indecision

i know almost nothing about football strategy fyi /american

"ping-pong" refernce on ESPN when Japan scored

bam!

niiiiiice

WAMBACH THANK YOU MAC

nice ha xp

Shannon Boxx is such a porn star name

America loves the headed goals, eh?

Thousands of viewers suddenly confused by the game entering its 4th quarter.

Tuned in just in time to hear "they're going to bronze that beautiful dome of hers."

domesday device

"ah the tricky little maryama"

Tuned in just in time to hear "they're going to bronze that beautiful dome of hers."

― boxall, Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:54 PM (5 minutes ago)

OUTRAGE AT PLANS TO BUILD MOSQUE ON SITE OF ABBY WAMBACH

commentator apologising that Family Guy's been delayed.

Then listing the names of the characters and we realise that this is how Guy Mowbray tries to pretend he is cool.

This US coach is Swedish, right? A win should go some ways toward restoring the reputations of their expat managers.

good gravy

this ain't over imo

CALLED IT

oh dear

nostradamus

xpost

HOT DAMN

cor blimey

That's interesting - first time a sub's been taken off in a World Cup final?

there it was

OH MAN

ANOTHER FUCKING TWIST!

If the US have read the script right, Hope Solo takes this free-kick.

no argument about that red card.

that free kick was stupid

ah this didn't deserve to go to penalties

can't handle this

it could've easily come off but it betrayed a lack of confidence

awesome extra time!

Think Brazil-USA still marginally edges this for out-and-out-WTF-ness. But. Damn.

super match, now with extra busted goalkeeper

Countdown to thread - is Hope Solo going to be a more famous athelete than LeBonn James or... other Americans (Tiger Wood's penis excepted)

lebonn james

I don't understand your comment a hoy hoy. Also is she even that good, or is it just that she has a cool name?

simon lebonn

AWESOME SAVE

Terrible pen tho

good save crap peno aye

That was a classic Yasuhito Endo-style penalty there.

welp

most pens are crap at this stage of the game...

at least Boxx hit the target

baggio style!

England-esque

oh americapaws

most pens are crap at this stage of the game...

lol no kidding huh

jesus

ok come on now

u know what, watching this game i kept thinking that the japanese were horrible strikers of the ball... that 2nd peno convinced me i'm right. as for the us...

third one better tho

This is an appalling set of penalties.

The Japanese keeper is out-awesome-ing Hope Solo by so much at this moment.

"There'll be some nervous sawkher fans" oh fuck off Mowbray.

ugh how

brutal

Kaihori is my hero of the month

Mowbray is such a dork

Japanese keeper just rules allround basically imho

gj japanese team! you came from behind twice and decided not to be utterly hopeless at penos.

now on to copa america that seems bound for penos too.

Sorry USians. Very entertaining final tho.

Keown growing a silly season beard huh

::puts top back on::

Switched to Eurosport. Blatter getting booed to fuck as he takes to the pitch.

I'm probably the last person itt to know this but wau @ Sameshima having a job in the Fukushima nuclear plant as recently as... this March

there is a comic book in that somewhere

someone on Japan, and i'll never remember the name, has played in 5 World Cups

that would be homare sawa, aka captain, golden boot and best player of this WC

this is still the lead story on espn 24 hours later