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World Soccer XXI: Don't Tread on the Red, White, and Blue

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Brazil miss 4 straight penalties, lose to Paraguay in a shootout. Both Argentina and Brazil now out of the Copa America.
 
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Typical of the US WNT since 1999. Just facepalmingly frustrating. It's seems the Women's game is catching up with the US at this point, no longer having to just worry about Norway and China.

I'll be honest, I've never been able to get behind the US WNT. All this unwarranted hype.
 
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WeWantMore said:
Probably fair enough all in all. Can't waste that many chances and defend like that and then have any complaints.
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This. We should have scored at least 4 in regulation. Two shots off the crossbar and then how many Adam Vinateiri impersonations (all we were missing were uprights on the ends of the nets).
 
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Next time, we do this the REAL American way.

Bust out the steroids.
 
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On the bright side, these girls don't have to worry about being compared to the 1999 team anymore.
 
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Hope Solo just got a consolation phone call from Roberto Luongo.
 
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Kepler said:
Ouch.

I was rooting for Japan. They've had a tough year.
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Nike can also ditch the "Pressure makes us" ad too. Whoever it was at ESPN who thought running that commercial right after the team lost on PKs was a good idea should be shot.
 
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Priceless said:
Nike can also ditch the "Pressure makes us" ad too. Whoever it was at ESPN who thought running that commercial right after the team lost on PKs was a good idea should be shot.
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Agreed. Although apparently it was forbidden to mention that the final minutes of extra time and the shootout was one of the more spectacular choke jobs in sports history because they're women.

It's too bad that this is probably the one day a year Jean Vandevelde locks himself in a dark room, because watching that would have made him feel a little better about himself.
 
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MaizeRage said:
Agreed. Although apparently it was forbidden to mention that the final minutes of extra time and the shootout was one of the more spectacular choke jobs in sports history because they're women.
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Brandi Chastain and Julie Foudy would've ripped anybody for mentioning it. ESPN seems to have developed thing lately about not criticizing anything from US Soccer, it was the same with the Men after the Gold Cup. Chastain, Foudy, and DiCicco were all talking about how good it was for them to just make the final. Really? The US should be making the final just by habit, they have so much advantage over every other nation in the women's game. They had so many chances to win this game and blew them away. Great game by Japan but the US choked.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Brandi Chastain and Julie Foudy would've ripped anybody for mentioning it. ESPN seems to have developed thing lately about not criticizing anything from US Soccer, it was the same with the Men after the Gold Cup. Chastain, Foudy, and DiCicco were all talking about how good it was for them to just make the final. Really? The US should be making the final just by habit, they have so much advantage over every other nation in the women's game. They had so many chances to win this game and blew them away. Great game by Japan but the US choked.
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True, how many good chances did they have in the first half alone? Convert 1 or 2 of those and keep the pressure fairly well cranked up on Japan, well its Japan that's telling themselves that its still pretty nice to be in second place.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Great game by Japan but the US choked.
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No, it really wasn't a great game by Japan. They had the better of the play for all of about 15 minutes of the 120. I'm still trying to figure out how the tables were turned so thoroughly when the U.S. had the lead, particularly in the extra time.
 
Craig P. said:
No, it really wasn't a great game by Japan. They had the better of the play for all of about 15 minutes of the 120. I'm still trying to figure out how the tables were turned so thoroughly when the U.S. had the lead, particularly in the extra time.
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They won a World Cup. It doesn't matter how you do it, it's still a great game.
 
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Craig P. said:
No, it really wasn't a great game by Japan. They had the better of the play for all of about 15 minutes of the 120. I'm still trying to figure out how the tables were turned so thoroughly when the U.S. had the lead, particularly in the extra time.
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They played a technically sound game. Japan knew they couldn't match the US player for player or match their offensive skill.

They capitalized on their opportunities and took advantage of a US backline that overacheived in the Brazil game and really was average at best through the majority of the tournament.
 
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Hammer said:
This. We should have scored at least 4 in regulation. Two shots off the crossbar and then how many Adam Vinateiri impersonations (all we were missing were uprights on the ends of the nets).
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What is this, Gaelic Football?
 
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Once we started hitting posts, just missing the net, etc., the first thought in my mind was, "We're probably not going to win this one." :( We had our chances, and couldn't put it in. They did, we didn't. Plain and simple. Good game, Japan.
 
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