Non Soccer Fans Getting Twisted About USWNT Kicking Ass

Goal difference matters. I'm fine with the USA piling on the goals. I want them in double-digits in every game. All the way to the final. And win that 13-0 as well.

 

I don't mind the goals, I mean I wouldn't order them to score left footed or pass the ball around, but jumping about and screaming as if you did something when scoring goal 13 against a U12 squad is a bit much. Act like you've been there before.

 

For Thailand just advancing to the WC was a win in itself. I do think that it was a little douchie from the USWNT to pile 13 goals on them, but then, the other teams in the group will try to score as many as possible, so what else are they to do?

 

For Mallory Pugh it was her first WC goal. She hasn't been there before. Hers was the 11th goal.

 

That's the problem with them having a 24-team tournament. Really, keep it at 16 (which makes a better tournament in terms of numbers). Right now, there aren't enough decent women's' teams to avoid ridiculously uncompetitive games like these.

 

I'd say the same thing against Man City if it put up 13 on Indy Eleven and was dancing. I'd say the same thing about the Warriors if they were high fiving when up 150-27 against NYU. I'd say the same thing about the Iggles if they pounded on Villanova 105-0 and were doing whirly birds.

 

C'mon...give them a break. They've been on the pitch but they haven't felt like playing yet. From what I've read in the Fan thread Pulisic is now ready to be heard from.[He's trying to switch to Croatia's NT]

 

Goal differential matters. If the opponent was Sweden or Brasil maybe. If my daughter was playing in that match against Thailand I'da gone home @ 6-0.

 

Germany thumped Estonia 8-0 yesterday.
Anyone know if the Germans are whinging about that score?

 

Oh please....the Germans don't whing about anything. Stiff upper lip and all that!

 

Which one...#1 or when they took a #2?

 

This is a supremely disappointing take.

 

Yeah, blowing teams out is a CONSTANT topic of discussion for men in all sports.

 

Did any of them do elaborate knee slides?

 

Funny thing about the knockout pairings though: goal difference in the US case doesn’t really matter and the US staff had to know this going in.

The team likely to finish 3rd (Chile) is 500+ elo points below them. If the US were to somehow finish 3rd due to GD, I’d say they’re not going far anyway. They’d likely meet the 4th best team in the tourney (England) in R16, but have a decent path after that.

If they finish 1st, they’d likely get #2 France in quarters. If they finish 2nd, #3 Germany in the same round. Their likely R16 opponents are roughly equal too.

Where they finish, assuming they make the knockouts, literally doesn’t matter.

 

Fist pumps and high-fives are the German version of elaborate knee slides.