Quote from: kroz on July 05, 2015, 04:11:26 PM

Quote from: Dori on July 05, 2015, 04:09:23 PM
  USA just scored, three minutes in. 

The stands are going crazy, chanting USA, USA.
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Second score five minutes in.   

Gee whiz..... three and four were back to back...... This is unbelievable!!!

Goal three at the 14 min mark.   

Goal 4 at the 15 min mark. 

USA wins the World Cup 5-2.

Carli Lloyd with a hat-trick in the first 17 minutes.

Congrats to the USA-Women for a stick it to 'em offense-strategy disguised as a defense-strategy, to open the game.  Japan was immediately hoodwinked.  One of Lloyd's goals was a long-distance corker from mid-field, if you can believe it.  -In a 'World Class Event' ?  Stunning.

Quote from: mdgiles on March 11, 2015, 09:06:55 AM
So I'm sitting there watching some Sportscaster (Colin Cowherd) and he starts in with his usual crap about how football is "dying" because mothers won't let their kids play this "dangerous" game. And I suddenly realize how damn tired I am of Leftists on TV pushing Soccer just because the rest of the world likes it. These are the people who will tell you MLB is "boring", but they want you to watch a bunch of guys run around, maybe kick a ball and fall down pretending to be injured. And mothers won't let their kids play football? Where - in San Francisco? Damn sure not in the Texas or the rest of the South. And those MidWest farm boys aren't going to go pantywaist either. Just because something becomes a fad in the elite enclaves, doesn't mean the rest of us are paying any attention to it. I think the only reason MLS is surviving is because of all the illegals this country is importing.

With respect to comments about women's teams, above, I agree with you about Midwest farm boys not givin' up their cleats and shoulder-pads. I too deplore baseball's glacial pace, but think it still produces more masculinity than any five brisk games of soccer. Soccer is a female sport.

Quote from: quiller on July 06, 2015, 06:58:09 AM
With respect to comments about women's teams, above, I agree with you about Midwest farm boys not givin' up their cleats and shoulder-pads. I too deplore baseball's glacial pace, but think it still produces more masculinity than any five brisk games of soccer. Soccer is a female sport.

Oh quiller, you are the first person I have heard express my sentiments on soccer.  It IS a girl sport IMO.

I love watching American football with men teams but NOT women teams.

Regardless of women's lib there is STILL a very distinct difference between the sports which best demonstrate the strengths of women vs. the sports which demonstrate the strengths of the male gender.

When I watch men's soccer I am under-impressed with their masculinity!

Quote from: mdgiles on June 27, 2015, 10:46:02 AM
Money has ALWAYS been the only reason behind professional sports. That's why they're professionals - because they get paid. Actually money is the reason behind a lot of amateur sports - it's just that a different set of people get most of the money, and the talent that makes the sport possible, gets an attaboy/girl!

I agree, if a person has enough talent to get paid millions, go for it. I can sure respect that more than someone who did not have to work for it.