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World Soccer XXIX: Pro/Rel USA! just kidding!

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Russell Jaslow said:
A) Sweden is good, so tying them is not a "bigger" problem.
B) Who cares about the bigger problem? You want to win your group. And if GD gets you to win the group, then GD go with GD. :-)
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If they can’t beat Sweden then they can’t win the World Cup. I’d say that’s a bigger problem.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
If they can’t beat Sweden then they can’t win the World Cup. I’d say that’s a bigger problem.
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I don't see a problem.

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Jimjamesak said:
If they can’t beat Sweden then they can’t win the World Cup. I’d say that’s a bigger problem.
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I didn't realize winning all 3 of your group games was required to win the overall tournament :rolleyes:

You get upset over people for putting too much stock in the Men's team's recent performances, but if the Women have one blip in performance during the preliminary stage of the World Cup, the sky is falling...

Perfect sense :rolleyes:
 
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ticapnews said:
Mallory Pugh scored her first ever World Cup goal. Should she have quietly returned to midfield and not celebrated? Let me know when you do.
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I thought her celebration wasn't that over the top, but in general settle down, Sparky. It's a legitimate discussion:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did the U.S. Women's National Team celebrate too much during last night's 13-0 win?<a href="https://twitter.com/HeatherOReilly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HeatherOReilly</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AriHingst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AriHingst</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/kelly_smith10?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kelly_smith10</a> draw on their personal experiences to continue the debate. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIFAWWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FIFAWWC</a><a href="https://t.co/nUjPUrwGnR">pic.twitter.com/nUjPUrwGnR</a></p>— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSports/status/1138844294649802752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Slap Shot said:
I thought her celebration wasn't that over the top, but in general settle down, Sparky. It's a legitimate discussion
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Never challenge ZEE HOMELAND!!! That makes you a seditious monster.

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RaceBoarder said:
I didn't realize winning all 3 of your group games was required to win the overall tournament :rolleyes:

You get upset over people for putting too much stock in the Men's team's recent performances, but if the Women have one blip in performance during the preliminary stage of the World Cup, the sky is falling...

Perfect sense :rolleyes:
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Not a “sky is falling” thing at all. In fact, as admitted here before, I don’t care much about the WNT.

But yeah, if the WNT can’t beat Sweden then it’s a cause for concern because recent history has shown they struggle against top teams like France and England at home.

Also, friendlies =/= games at a World Cup.
 
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Mookie is adopting U’jpest as his team to follow after NUFC
 
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France beats Norway 2-1 thanks to a VAR that essentially called a penalty on a clearing attempt.

Nigeria upset Korea 2-0, so SK is effectively eliminated with a -6 goal differential. Nigeria isn’t in a great position either as they have to try to draw points against the host while Norway gets Korea.

Germany also clinched a knockout round berth with another 1-0 win against Spain.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Yes I understand how the tournament works.

Do you understand how compare and contrast works?
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Yes I do. LOL

The bottom line is, people who were complaining about running up the score don't understand it's important to do. If you happen to stumble in group play (and plenty of great teams have stumbled in group play and gone on to win the World Cup or any other tournament in any other sport, so compare and contrast doesn't always play a role), you want to be able to resort to Plan B to advance. And goal differential is Plan B. I don't care about anything else when making that original post.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Seattle started a 16 year old in midfield. And not like a “he’s about to be 17” kid, he turned 16 last month. Kid signed a professional contract at 15.
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When then obviously he's Pele.

But yeah, we won, so you guys must have brutal injuries.

It was a good night for the city of St. Louis. Their FC uses the fleur-de-lis which every St. Louis team should.
 
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Russell Jaslow said:
Yes I do. LOL

The bottom line is, people who were complaining about running up the score don't understand it's important to do. If you happen to stumble in group play (and plenty of great teams have stumbled in group play and gone on to win the World Cup or any other tournament in any other sport, so compare and contrast doesn't always play a role), you want to be able to resort to Plan B to advance. And goal differential is Plan B. I don't care about anything else when making that original post.
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I haven't seen anyone on here complaining about running up the score. We're discussing the excessive celebrations while running up the score.
 
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You wonder how much truth there is to this:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’ll add to this a bet that the U.S. players know it, and even though they don’t all enjoy talking to the media, they know how to seize and command the spotlight. <a href="https://t.co/iMClcXqzF9">https://t.co/iMClcXqzF9</a></p>— Jonathan Tannenwald (@thegoalkeeper) <a href="https://twitter.com/thegoalkeeper/status/1139171344258666497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Did they celebrate a little bit in excess to get the attention of media that would usually just pretend this tournament isn't happening? I don't know about motive, but I know the result will be increased attention on the tournament in this country and hopefully elsewhere as well.
 
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