The Super Bob
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Tie game, nice 3 pointer from Argentina. One of their players is injured though.
London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT3|
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hahaha what the fuck was that
If USA lose, the reaction is probably ref screw them, doping and genetic manipulation.
Not barely at all people just have bad eye sight
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Gimme the lotto numbers too while you are at it.
KernelPanic
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Well my wife is Japanese so it's easy to know who to cheer for in the Final.
If it was Canada vs. Japan in the final it'd be pretty rough in the house for a while
If it was Canada vs. Japan in the final it'd be pretty rough in the house for a while
The Frankman
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The rule is the ball has to completely clear the net, so if any part of the net is still touching the ball it doesn't count.
Something instant replay would've cleared up, which IS in the NBA.
Nah, that's how it went down, I just checked the stream again on NBC(1:32ish on the stream bar). The yellow/foul was called on the second player, who I don't think deserved it.
The Frankman
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Man that dude from Argentina could give Chris Paul a run for his money on flopping. WOW.
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Are those football chants in the basketball court? Awesome!
Thx.
Alebrije
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Probably , anyway I still do not get why U.S. has great women football team and they suck in the mens one...I am pretty sure mens gets more money and support.
The ball was blasted at them. Their hands/arms were close to their bodies.
I know it's not always an easy decision to decide what was intentional or not, but for me this was pretty easy, there wasn't much they could do to get their hands out of the way in time.
I've read a few times in this thread that it happens all the time in men's football. I don't remember seeing many at all as bad as this. I wouldn't mind seeing some examples.
Handballs are hardly ever given inside the area, and when they are it's usually when the arm is raised well away from the body.
I mean I don't really care, I'm not Canadian, I'm just surprised so many people are defending the decision. If it was in the Champions League final there would be outrage.
The competition is on a whole other level tbh... but from what i recall of the last WC, USA's team seems to have improved.
Imagine the rage when you're substitutes have all been used and one of your players gets injured.
Don't waste them
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Because very few countries in the world take women's football seriously. Which is a critique on the rest of the world, not USA.
Probably because many young athletic US men end up playing other sports.
Jaded Alyx
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Meanwhile, in Kirani James' hometown..
No clue either. The women have just always been a lot better than the men in comparison to the competition. PEACE.
The Frankman
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This USA/Argentina game is going to go down as a flop battle. Argentina flying around left and right now.
Hilarious though that Chris Paul is being victimized on flops.
Hilarious though that Chris Paul is being victimized on flops.
Bingo.
What does flop mean? I'm not used to basketball terminology in english!
That's...what I was getting at.
Diving in soccer.
Editing a quote /= disagree with it.
"Well we (I?) still have more medals so nyaaaaaah"
Basically "my dad could beat up your dad".
Because there are a lot of ignorant fucking assholes in this country that believe that soccer is a girl's game, no joke.
The Frankman
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I need to see James Harden vs. Manu Ginobili and the epic
"DOUBLE FLOP"
"DOUBLE FLOP"
Grover Cleveland
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This.
Football/soccer is huge at the youth levels in the US. But once you get into secondary school, most guys drop soccer and move into one of the more mainstream sports, while women remain playing soccer or basketball.
Lol, i see, thanks for clearing it up. I do hate iit when they stay on the ground for hours after falling.
Yeah but it hasn't reached the levels of the "Big 4" yet.
It'll take 15 years for it to get near hockey.
I'm a big sports fan, and I'm a rare fan of soccer. I can't name a single player that plays for the Chicago Fire.
I'm so sad that Canada lost, not as a Canadian, but for Christine Sinclair. She played her heart. I hope she at least gets to bring home a Bronze. Imagine if she actually had a world class team backing her up. Team Canada may be pretty good, but they'd be crippled without her. The US could live without one of their stars such as Wambach, Rapinoe, Morgan, Solo, etc. Team Canada could not.
Best case scenario: gold for USA, silver for Japan, bronze for Canada.
Best case scenario: gold for USA, silver for Japan, bronze for Canada.
Actually, one of the consequences of Title IX (equal funding and opportunity for men and women athletes) is that many schools and colleges do not have men's soccer or volleyball programs, or if they do, intramural (i.e. doesn't really count). Basically with the 80+ men playing on football teams, schools have to use sports like soccer to give the women a sport the men don't have. As the big football program is what brings in the money for all the other sports, it's an arrangement most schools are fine with.
Edit: And the natural moving of men into baseball, basketball, and football as they age.
I think MLS is much bigger than the NHL now...hockey is far more of a fringe sport really (in part due to the large number of Latinos who immigrate here from other countries). Both are a ways behind NCAAF and NCAABB though and the obvious Big 3.
entirely different level of competition in the men's game. The European leagues and first divisions have been around a lot longer. The game is getting better for the men but it will take a long time to catch up. MLS is only in its 16th season.
The Frankman
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The Manuflop strikes again. My God... is there a sniper in the building?
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