Can the Americans have their offense match the quality of their defense thus far? Can the Chinese have an impact against a quality opponent?
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Can the Americans have their offense match the quality of their defense thus far? Can the Chinese have an impact against a quality opponent?
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Baud
Go USA!
SFAW
Minus Rapinoe and Holiday? I would think the quality would suffer.
Randinho
@SFAW: The US is still a deep team and China has had fairly weak opposition thus far. Even without Rapinoe and Holiday, this is still a quality team.
HumboldtBlue
Great start for the US women, midfield is active and creative
Tommy
For folks here that know far more about the World Cup than I do what are the “experts” saying about this game? China’s chance? If my memory is correct once the elimination stage started and the brackets released, I thought on ESPN they said this was almost an even match.
BTW: I am sure this has been said many times in other WC threads and it is all over sports channels pre-event, but WTF is with them not playing on grass?!
Randinho
@Tommy: The blame rests squarely with FIFA.
Mike J
@Tommy: The US should win, but they’re going to have to actually try.
Baud
Bird!
SFAW
@Randinho:
I hope you’re right, but I guess I was underwhelmed that they only beat Colombia 2-0 while having 10-v-9 for most of the second half, with a rookie keeper in Colombia’s net.
Tommy
@Randinho: Well at least I, not a huge fan of the sport, now realizes FIFA is about the most corrupt organization around (and that is saying a lot). They seem to make the International Olympic Committee look like scholars and saints. It would just seem to me if a nation couldn’t put in a proposal that didn’t include natural grass it would be tossed in the bin.
s@Mike J: That was kind of what I thought, but I just heard a lot about how say the US, Canada, and Germany (or maybe it was England or Sweden) a few years ago just were almost head and shoulders above all the other teams. Now the top 5 or so teams are pretty much on par. I thought China was in that group, or close to getting there. But right now China seems to have forgotten they are supposed to be playing on the other side of the field :)!
Randinho
The US appears to be winning all the 50/50 balls.
Baud
Corner.
Baud
C’mon.
Mike J
And good on Fox for showing both games today on their broadcast net instead of FS1/
HumboldtBlue
@Randinho: They are dominating play, I wonder if China are trying to sandbag for the second half. Bad tactics if so, the US can bring on second half scorers.
The China keeper is not only world class she’s stunningly beautiful.
SFAW
@HumboldtBlue:
Isn’t her name something like Li Vuh Ya Shin (or Xin)?
Tommy
Stupid rules question. If you sub somebody in for player X, can player X come back into the game at a later time? Yes I am a little soccer rules stupid.
Randinho
@Tommy: no. Once you’re out, you’re out.
Tommy
@HumboldtBlue:
Yes and as a dude that likes athletic and fit women, there are some attractive ladies on both sides of the ball :)! Heck I find it even more sexy that all of them could beat me in maybe every sport (played them all my life) other than golf.
Randinho
@HumboldtBlue: The Brazilian commentator just said the same thing about Julie Johnston,
SRW1
@HumboldtBlue:
At the moment they are just trying to survive as long as possible.
Tommy
@SRW1: It does not seem they even have the ability to “clear” the ball. I don’t know enough about the sport to tell if it is our swarming pressure or if China is just in a “funk.” Maybe a little of both
HumboldtBlue
@SRW1: Good point, they are under siege
HumboldtBlue
@SFAW: Wang Fei
HumboldtBlue
@Randinho: The tournament is filled with stunningly talented and beautiful women and while the depth in the world is weak, the top 8-10 teams make for some compelling competition.
Baud
0-0
smintheus
Never a good sign when you totally dominate a half and still come away empty handed.
Arclite
Any good places to stream the game? I don’t own cable, so can’t “log in” to watch it.
smintheus
@Arclite: Here you go:
http://ifirstrowus.eu/watch/353346/1/watch-china-vs-usa,-fifa-womens-world-cup-2015.html
Mike J
“First ten minutes we get a fucking goal!”
HumboldtBlue
@smintheus: It’s the opposite of coming out and grabbing a big lead early in hockey or baseball knowing the other team can score as well.
They need to score, if they score China will have to press and the US can counter with speed and skill.
MobiusKlein
@smintheus: That site looks ganky as all get up.
I’d only click on that from a clean PC, and wipe it afterwards.
(Ganky, as in who knows what VD you would get by letting it run on your machine un-protected by 5 layers of latex and firewall)
SRW1
And she kissed it!
HumboldtBlue
@SRW1: Yeah she did and I closed my eyes and pretended it was me!
Baud
I can’t believe there is no score.
HumboldtBlue
@smintheus: I have found you’ll get better quality feeds from this site
Arclite
@smintheus: Thanks SM!
HumboldtBlue
@MobiusKlein: It’s a good site, I have used it many times with no problems at all. They just have low quality streams
HumboldtBlue
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL
And eat it haters, it was a long ball into the box!
Mike J
Boom!
Baud
Finally!
Baud
Bloody.
Aleta
@Arclite: Do you get Fox 2 on your regular TV? They are broadcasting this particular game (no cable needed).
Helen
OT – presser on Matt’s death. Cuomo just thanked the State Mohawk Tribal Police. Do American Indian tribes have their own police?
Mike J
@Helen: Depends on the tribe, but usually, yes.
raven
@Helen: Hell yes.
Baud
@Helen:
Sure. They have their own courts too. They have semi-sovereign status.
Culture of Truth
They’re depressed that western civilization is over and gay
HumboldtBlue
@Helen: Do American Indian tribes have their own police?
Yes, at least in some areas they do.
Tommy
I know announcing any sporting event is far harder than most of us would think. Also easy to pick on the announcers. As a casual fan, but somebody that played youth soccer for 10+ years (ages ago), these announcers don’t seem to be doing their job very well.
I would think many watching this match are like myself, watching because it is the USA women darn it. Again casual fan. They are not explaining the rules and frankly not adding much if anything to the broadcast. It would seem this would be a chance to educate and convert some “casual” fans into “real” soccer fans.
But what do I know.
HumboldtBlue
Wang Fei better kiss that post again
Helen
Jeebus. Thanks all. I had no idea that the justice systems were separate. I am truly humbled. Really.
HumboldtBlue
@Helen: You should always come to Randinho’s soccer threads for anything Native American law enforcement and law-related, Everyone knows that.
HumboldtBlue
Morgan looked fast, skilled and she’s getting close to being back in form. She’s gonna give the Krauts trouble.
Baud
@Helen: @HumboldtBlue:
Still less complicated than trying to figure out how offsides in soccer works.
raven
wild rodriguez
Helen
#56 @ Baud
Yes. I understand the geeky healthcare posts; and I love them. Soccer? Not so much.
Tommy
@Helen: You should check out Longmire on A&E. I think one of the better shows on TV not many people watch. About a small town sheriff in Wyoming with an Indian Reservation right in the middle of his area of operation.
I am sure much is not accurate in the interplay, it is a TV show, but it is a show in a genre I would never think I would enjoy, and I enjoy the heck out of it.
Again I am sure many things are not accurate but I had not really thought about, or maybe even realized, how much sovereignty a Native American tribe has on their Reservation. Basically as others have said here they are kind of a sovereign nation.
Baud
Three minutes!
raven
Hew ESAY
OnkelFritze
So, Germany v. USA on tuesday. I predict a 7-1.
Culture of Truth
According to the NYT, the USA coach keeps getting criticized, and she just keeps on winning.
Arclite
@Aleta: I don’t even have an antenna set up. It’s all internet all the time. :)
HumboldtBlue
@Helen: You should also see his thoughts on decorative arc welding, Chinese Geranium farming and bagpipe playing. He’s a man of mystery, a man of the world, a man other men want to be and a man all women want.
His actuarial tables are huge!
HumboldtBlue
@OnkelFritze: I’m gonna hide sauerkraut in one of your closets, have fun spending the summer searching for it.
Baud
Yes!
OnkelFritze
@HumboldtBlue: Oh, I’d love to have some. Must be genetic.
SFAW
@HumboldtBlue:
Yes.
It was a joke. Obviously not a very good one.
piratedan
@efgoldman: 2nd the Hillerman novels rec
pseudonymous in nc
Hate to say it, but the US remains meh this year (some great players, but a mediocre side). The France-Germany match showed what quality looks like in this World Cup, and it’s a shame that they met early on.