US Women's World Cup Thread

SkinsKY · #1 07-10-2011, 01:43 PM

Not sure if anyone saw it, but it might have been one of the best games I've ever seen. Ever.

Brazil commits and own-goal in the 2nd minute. In the 66, the ref red cards our defender in the box on a stupid penalty. Hope Solo saves the PK, and play begins, but then the ref rules it to be retaken (encroachment), but Solo gets a card for something. 1-1. A minute into extra time, Miss flops-a-lot Marta scores to go up 2-1. A brazil defender fakes an injury for 4 minutes, gets a stretcher off, and then hits the ground and runs back to the field proving she faked it.

In the extra time created by the faked injury, we put a perfect cross into the box and Wambach heads it home over a defender and the keeper. In the 123rd minute.

Women take it on PKs, Solo makes another beast of a stop. Sent those turds back to Rio.

Go USA. Helluva comeback.

Seebs · #2 07-10-2011, 01:48 PM

The semi against France will be nice then

akhhorus · #3 07-10-2011, 03:22 PM

One of the more amazing/dramatic games I've ever seen. The whole crowd seemed to be chanting "USA USA" towards the end. Brazil's performance throughout the game was disgraceful.

Seebs · #4 07-10-2011, 03:50 PM

The german public seems to be very fair-play during this WC. Yesterday for the France-England ame, they were pushing for the french in the extra-time (I've not seen the regular time) as "les bleues" where the one trying to play a nice football game while the english were relying on a strong defense and a very direct game (+ couple of moves to lose time).

GeneralDisorder · #5 07-10-2011, 04:19 PM

Move along - nothing to see here...

RedskinsDave · #6 07-10-2011, 04:48 PM

Nice to see the women got the same treatment the men usually get in international tourneys. A card was warranted for the jersey hold and maybe a PK but a red card was absurd there. Nice to see, much like the Donovan goal in the WC, the ladies found a way to make it into a glorious win. It was actually quite similar in that they went from end to end to complete the goal. Hope Solo rocks. I wish the men could find a coach who knows how to tweak their line up the way Pia does for the women.