The US mopped up the field with the Dutch. Easily could have been 5-0. Sadly, the country-hating dyke got one of the goals. I was already sick of looking at her face two weeks ago.
ironbender, you are kidding, right? The whole first half was played in the Dutch penalty box. US had four shots in the first half and Holland zero. And those were some great shots, one girl made a beautiful shot on a bicycle kick on a volley, Dutch goalie made a great save. And another US shot bounced off the post.
Tough deal for the Dutch girls on the penalty kick but it was legit, high kick in the penalty box.
Normally you support the team representing your country. A few players have made it clear they aren't representing my country so why the [bleep] would I support them? Athletes politicizing sports takes the fun out of watching.
Well, let the women’s team play the men’s team and then we will see why they are paid less. Additionally, who cares. I don’t think I ever watched a full soccer game in my life, of any gender. It’s a worthless sport when you live in a country that has real football. If I am going to watch an international sporting event, give me hockey or rugby.
Can't believe they would award the golden boot to Rapinoe. Sure, she made good with all of her penalty kicks, not an especially easy task, but she did nothing to earn any of them. All of those penalties were generated by her teammates' play, not hers. Then there was that ridiculous mis-hit free kick that went right through the legs of every person in the wall. No way that is what she was trying to do, and no way that ball makes it to the net 99 times out of 100.
So the USA won. Fine. I'm happy for them. But pretty sure they'd have still won if the purple-haired anti-American had sat on the bench every game, and not just the game vs England. She made me want to root for the Dutch.
Well, let the women’s team play the men’s team and then we will see why they are paid less.
Men's team? They lost to FC Dallas U-15 boys team 5-2 in 2017. No way they would ever agree to step on the field with the men.
Sports is entertainment. Period. Until the women can match the men in ticket sales at the box office, or television network interest, they just won't/shouldn't be paid the same.
Normally you support the team representing your country. A few players have made it clear they aren't representing my country so why the [bleep] would I support them? Athletes politicizing sports takes the fun out of watching.
I've found that soccer itself pretty much takes the fun out of watching.
Normally you support the team representing your country. A few players have made it clear they aren't representing my country so why the [bleep] would I support them? Athletes politicizing sports takes the fun out of watching.
Originally Posted by Cariboujack
Originally Posted by MontanaMarine
That's nice........that loudmouth Rapinoe short-stopped any pride I may have felt.
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I was actually hoping they would lose - no have to worry about going to WH.
Trump, putting aside Rapinoe's attack, congratulates women's soccer team on World Cup win
President Trump unequivocally congratulated the United States women's soccer team after its repeat World Cup win on Sunday -- putting aside, at least for the moment, the firestorm surrounding star midfielder Megan Rapinoe's vow never to visit the White House.
"Congratulations to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team on winning the World Cup!" Trump tweeted. "Great and exciting play. America is proud of you all!"
Rapinoe, the pink-haired team captain who emerged with the Golden Ball as top player and the Golden Boot as top scorer, has been an outspoken opponent of what she's described as systemic inequality in the United States. Rapinoe previously knelt during the national anthem prior to rules changes that barred the practice.
"I'm not going to the f------ White House," Rapinoe said in a widely publicized magazine interview in June. "No f------ way will we be invited to the White House. [Trump] tries to avoid inviting a team that might decline. Or, like he did when the [Golden State] Warriors turned him down, he’ll claim they hadn’t been invited in the first place."
Nice BS "I am woman" ad at the end Nike...and of course, Nike jerseys are selling for $195.
Women will never be as good as men in sport. It's physiologically impossible. The male body is stronger and faster. That's why the women's soccer team were beat by some 15 year old boys. The best women golfers in the sport, Michelle Wie and Annika Sorenstam, have NEVER made the cut on the men's PGA Tour, despite trying 9 times at lower caliber tournaments that the best men golfers rarely attend. So spare me the BS that they're not getting paid as much. They simply aren't as good.
i just saw highlights, two penalty kicks by two different players...unless i'm intoxicated
You’re wrong. One penalty kick, one well earned goal.
The kid's left footed goal was a good one. I'm glad she made it because winning a WC with a penalty kick would be like kissing your sister...although the purple hair chick might be into that.
The state Miss Basketball went to my HS. I was OK but nothing great, pretty short. Didn't play junior high or senior high. And I beat her.
Our jr high boys gym class.............took on the HS girls varsity volleyball team. We destroyed them without trying.
My ol lady went to college on a tennis scholarship, was also a runner. Now she can put a dime on a court and put the ball on it, and she can do crazy spin stuff...........but me being a nobody can blast the racket out of her hand.
She will run you all over the court, wear you out. If you play her game. Hit it hard at her feet and you'll smoke her.
They are a great team, one of the best Womans International teams ever. However the world is catching up, US put money into Womans Soccer first, now the world is catching up. but... Our USWNT is the best, they've proven it over and over.
do they deserve equal pay? Not sure, but they do deserve more from US Soccer than they get, they are at about 15% of the mens team, that goes to pay, training, etc. they draw more than the mens team, bigger TV, more success etc.
Are they better? No. they routinely train with the U17 boys team and get beat, can't match the speed. However if you put them skills wise, they are as good.
Money from US Soccer should be raised, internationally from FIFA, no.
I've been on the field with many of them, as a referee. Worked a game or 2 at the pro level, they are fast, much faster than you think, they have incredible skill and passion for the game. they are NOT as fast a elite level U17-19 boys game. Skill and strategy wise, yes, pure speed and strength, no. Respectively they are more successful than our pathetic mens team.
Someone who is average or mediocre, in the women’s case, should not be paid as well as someone who is better at a task because they have a vaj
An average jr high boys team can beat them and they deserve more money? Based on that analogy a jr high boys team should self identify as average lesbian athletes and play in a women’s international soccer league and demand more money.
The pathetic US men’s team too should self identify as women and would be world champs without trying or even practicing
A “pathetic “ men’s team is 100 times better that a world champion women’s team who demands more money. Let that sink in
Originally Posted by Bob_H_in_NH
They are a great team, one of the best Womans International teams ever. However the world is catching up, US put money into Womans Soccer first, now the world is catching up. but... Our USWNT is the best, they've proven it over and over.
do they deserve equal pay? Not sure, but they do deserve more from US Soccer than they get, they are at about 15% of the mens team, that goes to pay, training, etc. they draw the more than the mens team, bigger TV, more success etc.
Are they better? No. they routinely train with the U17 boys team and get beat, can't match the speed. However if you put them skills wise, they are as good.
Money from US Soccer should be raised, internationally from FIFA, no.
I've been on the field with many of them, as a referee. Worked a game or 2 at the pro level, they are fast, much faster than you think, they have incredible skill and passion for the game. they are NOT as fast a elite level U17-19 boys game. Skill and strategy wise, yes, pure speed and strength, no. Respectively they are more successful than our pathetic mens team.
They are a great team, one of the best Womans International teams ever. However the world is catching up, US put money into Womans Soccer first, now the world is catching up. but... Our USWNT is the best, they've proven it over and over.
do they deserve equal pay? Not sure, but they do deserve more from US Soccer than they get, they are at about 15% of the mens team, that goes to pay, training, etc. they draw more than the mens team, bigger TV, more success etc.
Are they better? No. they routinely train with the U17 boys team and get beat, can't match the speed. However if you put them skills wise, they are as good.
Money from US Soccer should be raised, internationally from FIFA, no.
I've been on the field with many of them, as a referee. Worked a game or 2 at the pro level, they are fast, much faster than you think, they have incredible skill and passion for the game. they are NOT as fast a elite level U17-19 boys game. Skill and strategy wise, yes, pure speed and strength, no. Respectively they are more successful than our pathetic mens team.
Major sports have player unions that negotiate fair rates for players.
If soccer is worth a fugk there will be enough revenue for them to do same.
They are maybe the biggest bunch of heels that I have ever seen in sports. If they were men, and they did any of the schit they do in any other sport, with the possible exception of the NFL where antics have become part of the game, they would absolutely get hurt.
We have a woman's US Soccer Team? Who the hell knew... certainly not me...
I did walk thru the living room and saw on the TV where some feminine looking HoMo's were playing soccer... Is that what you guys are referring to?
Learned to play soccer living in England from 11 yrs old to 14 yrs old... played it all thru high school, 5 seasons, took regional championships 5 times.. and state championships 3 times...
no one at hour high school, even the principal, really gave a schitt about it...
"Can't believe they would award the golden boot to Rapinoe. Sure, she made good with all of her penalty kicks, not an especially easy task, but she did nothing to earn any of them. All of those penalties were generated by her teammates' play, not hers. Then there was that ridiculous mis-hit free kick that went right through the legs of every person in the wall. No way that is what she was trying to do, and no way that ball makes it to the net 99 times out of 100.
So the USA won. Fine. I'm happy for them. But pretty sure they'd have still won if the purple-haired anti-American had sat on the bench every game, and not just the game vs England. She made me want to root for the Dutch."
rabst you are correct. She made all her penalty kicks but that is what she is paid to do. And it is true that sometimes penalty kicks are missed, but still, making 4 pk s does not make you mvp.
And that goal on that free kick was a fluke. Went right past 8 players and none of them touched it, including the goalie. That should have been an easy save, the goalie just stood there and watched it go by.
No, the US team would have done fine without the blue haired man hater, only reason she got mvp was politics.
Yes they do. I watched the girls four years ago and they almost never faked injuries. This was one thing I enjoyed about the women's game because the men have been faking injuries for 20 years now and it has just about ruined the game for me. But now the girls are copying the men. They are really good at it, it is called "diving" and the girls are almost as good at acting as the men are now. If two girls bump shoulders in the penalty box, you can bet that the striker will do a dive and pretend an injury. I saw several penalty kicks awarded on this basis.
Normally you support the team representing your country. A few players have made it clear they aren't representing my country so why the [bleep] would I support them? Athletes politicizing sports takes the fun out of watching.
Someone who is average or mediocre, in the women’s case, should not be paid as well as someone who is better at a task because they have a vaj
An average jr high boys team can beat them and they deserve more money? Based on that analogy a jr high boys team should self identify as average lesbian athletes and play in a women’s international soccer league and demand more money.
The pathetic US men’s team too should self identify as women and would be world champs without trying or even practicing
A “pathetic “ men’s team is 100 times better that a world champion women’s team who demands more money. Let that sink in
Average or mediocre? They are the best in their sport. Atheletes should be paid by more about how much money they bring in, they are more entertainment than anything. You also have to differentiate the National Team versus private teams. They have a union for private teams, this is the national team, funded by US Soccer and FIFA, there are no real salaries (except the coaches), they get stipends and game fees and performance bonuses.Jr High boys can beat them? Not a chance, a "typical" mens league team would get destroyed, but when you put them against a national quality team at about U17 or up, yes the woman lose.
When you compare the USWNT to the USNT (men), it's night and day: USWNT always makes the final rounds of WC and Olympics, Men didn't even qualifiy for the last World Cup and it's considered a HUGE WIN when they get out of the group stage. Woman are expected to win, they draw bigger crowds here in the states and they perform. Men, not so much.
Based on what they bring IN for funding, they are under paid when compared to the men.
When you jump to the league play, the Woman are night and day BEHIND the men, MLS is pretty pathetic, but they do bring crowds in some markets, Woman basially play on college fields and not stadiums because they don't draw. So MLS should be higher paid, and when you compare MLS to Europe for pay, then again night and day, rightfully so.
As for the media focus on her, why? Simple, someone dug up an old comment she made and ran with it, she really didn't want to talk about it as it detracts from the team, but she kept getting asked and she answered.
I hate watching soccer. Two hours of people running back and forth, up and down the field without scoring. I'd rather watch the grass grow. To make it worse, the US team is made up of America haters. If I didn't love this country so much, I almost wanted them to lose.
After this display of anti-Americanism, I wish they lost. Unfortunately, the MSM won't show this too much. This is pretty bad coming from players on a US National sports team. The girl who did it should be ashamed of herself. She needs to be bitch slapped.
The women’s soccer were beaten badly by an average ul 15 boys team . 13 to 15 year old boys from Dallas
I just read that the women get about 13 per cent and men 9 per cent of the profits. Sounds fair eh???
The men’s team brought in more than 10 times revenues than the women’s team because they are mediocre athletes when compared to men.
Sounds like someone is using emotions instead of logic in this discussion. Thinking like an emotional women 😂😂
The past 30 years been told at my work ( military and LEO) how much better women are then men then the women can’t make our men’s standards , fail and file lawsuits so they are held to Lowered dumbed down standards and become a danger and liability at the work place
Originally Posted by Bob_H_in_NH
Originally Posted by ribka
Someone who is average or mediocre, in the women’s case, should not be paid as well as someone who is better at a task because they have a vaj
An average jr high boys team can beat them and they deserve more money? Based on that analogy a jr high boys team should self identify as average lesbian athletes and play in a women’s international soccer league and demand more money.
The pathetic US men’s team too should self identify as women and would be world champs without trying or even practicing
A “pathetic “ men’s team is 100 times better that a world champion women’s team who demands more money. Let that sink in
Average or mediocre? They are the best in their sport. Atheletes should be paid by more about how much money they bring in, they are more entertainment than anything. You also have to differentiate the National Team versus private teams. They have a union for private teams, this is the national team, funded by US Soccer and FIFA, there are no real salaries (except the coaches), they get stipends and game fees and performance bonuses.Jr High boys can beat them? Not a chance, a "typical" mens league team would get destroyed, but when you put them against a national quality team at about U17 or up, yes the woman lose.
When you compare the USWNT to the USNT (men), it's night and day: USWNT always makes the final rounds of WC and Olympics, Men didn't even qualifiy for the last World Cup and it's considered a HUGE WIN when they get out of the group stage. Woman are expected to win, they draw bigger crowds here in the states and they perform. Men, not so much.
Based on what they bring IN for funding, they are under paid when compared to the men.
When you jump to the league play, the Woman are night and day BEHIND the men, MLS is pretty pathetic, but they do bring crowds in some markets, Woman basially play on college fields and not stadiums because they don't draw. So MLS should be higher paid, and when you compare MLS to Europe for pay, then again night and day, rightfully so.
As for the media focus on her, why? Simple, someone dug up an old comment she made and ran with it, she really didn't want to talk about it as it detracts from the team, but she kept getting asked and she answered.
Those sorry scum bags won in third-world fusbol. WGAF! Their anti-Americanism far outweighs their pathetic ability, in a pathetic sport. Those two pos that stomped on the flag, should be banned from U.S. sports for good. What a disgusting, disrespectful display. Those fools obviously do not appreciate that this country has given their pathetic asses the opportunity to act like jerks.
It really is too bad that they won, but then again, nobody gives a damn really. LMAO! They definitely do not deserve equal pay for anything, acting like they did. Real ambassadors and role models-NOT!
Stand up for them as good soccer players/team? Yes.
Stand up for them when they trash the president while representing the USA in another country? No way. Shouldn't happen
I would have been much prouder of a last place team that showed true sportsmanship, patriotism, honor and gratitude for representing a country they were proud of.
In fact, I was sincerely hoping they were going to be shoveled a big helping of humble pie in the finals.
Anti-American sentiment has been propagated from our highest courts all the way down to our middle school education system since the days of Vietnam. Queers in the military, queer rainbows desecrating our flag. President whoring with Epstein & in the White House. Power struggles with no holds barred. Queer president in the white house. Where do you think we are headed?
Do you stand in the gap for your country or do you just shake your head? I pray the wrath of God on any who would seek to supplant & destroy our freedoms.