FrFan Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 I found more entertaining watching women playing than men. I'm just concern about them picking up bad men's habits such as diving and rolling on the turf like they got a broken leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Interesting info on how they achieved “equal pay” Quote How did the USWNT get equal pay with U.S. Soccer if FIFA money is still unequal? Last year, U.S. Soccer, the women's national team and the men's national team came together for a historic and first-of-its-kind deal: The two teams would pool their FIFA prize money together and then split it equally among both teams. Although FIFA prize money is still unequal, the teams have chosen to split it equally. For instance, the U.S. men won around $13 million from FIFA for reaching the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar last year. If the women suffer a historic early exit and get knocked out in the round of 16 of this ongoing Women's World Cup, they would win around $1.9 million. But after pooling that money together with the men's money, and after giving 10% to U.S. Soccer to support youth programs, the USWNT would actually receive around $6.7 million, which will be more money than FIFA will award the champion of this tournament ($4.3 million). No other federation splits money in this way. The Australian national teams, for instance, have proclaimed that they have equal pay down to the cent, but the caveat is that the agreement doesn't include FIFA prize money. That's the case with every equal pay deal around the world, except in the United States. https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38129076/equal-pay-explainer-uswnt-prize-money-women-world-cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Norwegians just killing themselves with an auto-goal and an assist to the japanese striker, unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 USWNT v Sweden is actually "tonight"/early tomorrow AM... depending on where you live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 Sweden is a tough opponent, at 5:00 AM Eastern on Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, FrFan said: Sweden is a tough opponent, at 5:00 AM Eastern on Fox USA is still strangely 3rd or 4th by the bookmaker odds. I don't expect USA to make it past Sweden or Japan. But... if they do... they would become a favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Sweden now up to +240 on the betting line. See if it’ll get up any more before I jump on it. Edited August 5, 2023 by Long n Left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted August 5, 2023 Share Posted August 5, 2023 (edited) Found it at +285, all over that! Dropping a bit now. Smart money coming in? We will see. Just sucks for me that the Dutch are on later tonight, and the US at 5 am. Gonna be a slow Sunday for me. Edited August 5, 2023 by Long n Left Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Nice game so far, USWNT dominating the Swedes playing a low 4-4-2 Edited August 6, 2023 by FrFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Feed Rodman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Well US have had their chances so far Only a matter of time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Swedish keeper shall be nicknamed Wallovic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long n Left Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Much better game from the US women, but this is what Sweden were playing for, and I think Vlatko helped them out by playing a very defensive side also. US wore out that left side of the Swedish defense, but a couple good saves by the keeper gets them to penalties. Japan sitting back loving this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 US has hit every penalty so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 The pressure of this is almost unwatchable. Amazing tension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 C'mon USWNT get this thing done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Sweden defeats teh US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrFan Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Dang I thought that was an awesome save by Naeher, props to the Swedes and their GK. It is always frustrating to go out on a PK contest. Edited August 6, 2023 by FrFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CjSuAvE22 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Terrible at Pks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 At least the U.S. went out finally playing well. If they had played like this in the last round, we wouldn't have been playing Sweden. Still, that is a game to keep their heads up. Missing the frame on a pk is unacceptable. I dont understand how players at the highest level fail at that.Next time... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 30 minutes ago, gbear said: At least the U.S. went out finally playing well. If they had played like this in the last round, we wouldn't have been playing Sweden. Still, that is a game to keep their heads up. Missing the frame on a pk is unacceptable. I dont understand how players at the highest level fail at that.Next time... ...especially Rapinoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 9 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said: ...especially Rapinoe. She was bad on corners and free kicks after coming into the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmsy Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Well, that sucked, bring on football! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCSaints_fan Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, gbear said: At least the U.S. went out finally playing well. If they had played like this in the last round, we wouldn't have been playing Sweden. Still, that is a game to keep their heads up. Missing the frame on a pk is unacceptable. I dont understand how players at the highest level fail at that.Next time... Looking at the replays, I noticed frequently both GKs were going to the correct side of the kick, but failed to block it. So I think the players now are not just aiming for a side, but a specific spot, with a pretty tight margin between hitting the net and missing completely. And they are also elevating their shots quite a bit. This is all to prevent a block Edited August 6, 2023 by DCSaints_fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Expected result, but not the expected manner. Rapnioe must be gutted about the miss, but she shouldn't even have been on the team. There wasn't a 28 or 18 year old worthy of her spot? I say this knowing only the scores, the fact there were a lot of missed PKs and the fact that Sweden's winning PK was barely over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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