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:

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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

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