Pre-match: Can't believe it took this long for this thread, the 2024 Presidential election thread!

I think that with Barça leading the way, Franco's team will have to match their commitment to the women's game.With that, another league will continue to ascend in their standard.

At the same time, I don't see the NWSL continuing to ascend in the same way that other leagues have. Part of that is that the US had been the standard for so long, but the other part of it is/are the (relatively) inferior coaching, compared to what can be found abroad.

 

It will be momentous either way, won't it? Either the US gets its first woman POTUS, or it finally goes full fascist

 

Yup, not the man I expected to learn the news from

 

Six of one, half dozen of another.

 

Goes both ways. In the US, there is still an affluence barrier to entry for so many kids. However, in Europe, some players are finding it pointless to play in leagues where there are only a handful of meaningful and challenging games, and the rest are 7-1 blowouts.

NWSL just internationalized their player contract structure to align with the rest of the world, aside from still having a league minimum salary and benefits. They are making a huge push to keep the league at the forefront.

But yeah, they need to recruit better coaches, just like the men’s game, as well as make changes to keep talent in the pipeline, even if their parents aren’t wealthy.

 

If she wins GA, NC and MI on tuesday night, it is game over the same hight and it will be called.
The remainders, PA/WI/AZ/NV can be announced later this week to pad the stats.

 

This poll is a shocker....either it is totally wrong or something is happening....

Dartmouth NH poll

President
Harris 62%
Trump 34%

Governor
🟦Craig 58%
🟥Ayotte 40%

11/1-11/3 https://t.co/ryoXjqgEH9

— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) November 4, 2024

 

She’s intentionally playing that down, in light of 2016. Smart strategy so far.

 

Is he also making you buy a Tesla which you will lease out?

 

I’ll believe that when I see it.

But again, that’s a state with a lot of small towns, like Iowa, like those Kansas house districts that have very good numbers for the Ds.

 

I think the Italians lag, in part because their men's game likewise lags other leagues.

Franco's team will HAVE TO invest in the women's side, or risk abject humiliation by their top rivals. In turn, that eague will be the next to ascend, IMO.

I think the last WWC was illuminating.

The USWNT looked like a 1990s Big Ten soccer team, punting it long, and hoping for something to happen. For a long time, the fact that they had a giant bigot at the #9 to hoof it to meant that it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, if you watched other sides play, a lot of them just played BETTER soccer. (And not just Spain.) And, I think thats down to the improvement in other leagues, while NWSL seems to have hit an asymptote in its development.

 

I'm inclined to think that's much closer to The "Biden is up 17 points in Wisconsin" Poll from 4 years ago but my level of optimism has improved leaps and bounds over the last week

 

Don't disagree with the strategy.

I'm more about observing that our nation just MAYBE, might catch up to others in that regard.

 

Any chance you guys could keep him?

Just landed in America with @GBNEWS.

A Trump win will make the world a safer place. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/VSwa1NqPSv

— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) November 4, 2024

 

Watching MSNBC....Dems apparently are pretty bullish in NC, the reporter mentioned. She had a brief interview with Gov Roy Cooper who revealed that 55.5% of early voters arre women. He was also very confident. That is a pretty significant number though and I can't see the gOP winning if that trend sustains or even it is a 6 or 7 pts in the gender gap.
Internals are also telling that late deciders are breaking to Harris by 10 pts.

 

Man, that’s shocking considering how inspiring and insightful Trump has been during recent appearances.