Thanks for the clip. I re-watched and paused and I will admit that I cannot actually tell whether the ball goes under the keeper's seat, as I...
Guilty. I was incensed by Horan acting like she was playing roll-in with her neices or something twice in the six yard box.
Bad shots that happen to go in are not sustainable is the concern. It did seem like it was on the easy side and she still hit it directly at the...
She certainly contributed tonight. But her performance is more predictive than her goals. She’s just not that good.
I guess a trophy is a trophy— even a made up one. But whew this team is just not ready. Is Smith the best worst player ever? I mean looks...
Messi playing in both the Copa and the Olympics goes kind of goes unremarked while the idea that any US player could do this is too ridiculous to...
Sort of the premise of the whole thread to me -- if this is true, what minor sacrifies to the Copa roster are "worth" trying to chase some Olympic...
Track amd field and swimming are objective, individual sports. Soa re archery, canoeing, track cycling, golf, pentathlon, rowing, sailing, table...
Huh? Are you saying that a team with bigots is a more true and accurate national team? I guess you got me there. Would be pretty accurate.
I’m glad it’s not part of the government.
Say what you want. It's America, so you won't go to jail or get fined. But that doesn't mean there aren't consequences from other private...
Unfortunately, the US has only qualified once in the 20 years prior to that Olympics, so I am not counting on doing well there.
I think that's right, but I think the idea that only general sports fans and not "real" soccer fans care about the olympics is wrong. I wonder...
This tends to undermine a suggestion that real soccer fans shouldn’t care about the Olympics at all. There’s a grey scale here. The Olympics...
Precisely. It may not be possible. Or it may be possible, but not achieved despite good effort. What would be disappointing is to ignore the...
