To quote one of my favorite lines from any song, in this case "Subtle Hustle" by Clutch, "I've got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm."
The Womens World Cup
- Thread starter bornaneer
- Start date
I dont know if it is good that I have come to like soccer as much as any sport not NCAA football and Hoops or if it is a testament to just how bad other aports have become.
My opinion on the subject, whatever good that is which it isn't much. If one loves sports (which I think we both do), if there is something that attracts you to the sport in which it triggers a certain appreciation for it, becoming a fan is easy. Conversely, if something happens to turn one off, even though you may still watch it, interest does wane.
I dont watch the NFL like I once did. Mostly because it feels like they have made the game so much softer with rules changes.
When baseball went on strike in 1994, I swore I was done with them. And for the most part, I didn't watch much. Past 6 or 7 years, I have finally come back as a fan.
I still haven’t come back. I used to be a huge Red’s fan but the 1-2-3 punch of Marge Schmitt, Pete Rose, and the strike knocked me out for good.
Honestly baseball has made strides using technology that have helped. Replay in MLB seems to be a good thing and all the ball strike technology plus the batted ball technology has made the game a little better IMO.
OK......guess I'm just WAY out of practice exchanging with you guys who fight with one another day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day.
It would have been 4 years ago but european teams have put a lit of money into the ladiea game for theae olympics. The absence of Brazil and. Japan has to still be a bit of a surprise. I will look up the ladies fifa rankings.
I will look it up.
I watched USA-Panama last night. Altidore had the game winner on a bicycle kick.
Oh, I would have liked to have seen that! I'll go watch that highlight. I watched the Atlanta United game on my second TV last night.
Outstanding!
Last year I was watching a game and someone scored on a bicycle kick and the ref called it off and actually gave the guy a yellow card for having his foot in a dangerous place. I couldn't believe it. That has to be a very fine line but dang, I don't know if that is necessarily following the rules to the T or not.
Last year I was watching a game and someone scored on a bicycle kick and the ref called it off and actually gave the guy a yellow card for having his foot in a dangerous place. I couldn't believe it. That has to be a very fine line but dang, I don't know if that is necessarily following the rules to the T or not.
A lot of the big football clubs in Europe have added womens teams and womens development in their schools so that will probably push it further along.
Here is a question for you soccer fans. JP Dellecambre has done all the play by play for the USA games so far in the World Cup. He has done soccer for years and did the Atlanta Thrasher TV broadcasts before that NHL franchise moved to Winnepeg a few years back. I was a huge Thrasher fan and was involved in the social media and boy, the fanbase hated JP. I didn't think he was that bad doing hockey and didn't deserve the negative comments.
What do you think of JP doing soccer?
What do you think of JP doing soccer?
They took all that added pressure of wearing the armband off her today and she responded with 2 goals.
So difficult that PKs are about 75% successful in the mens game when there are actual athletes in goal
In last 25 years I have developed a real appreciation for soccer...in my opinion Dunn was a big contributor to the American team today. For some reason both the American men and women lack both skill and technical understanding of the game (though improving)...but the effort of the women as a team is second to none.
Especially considering backer is not her preferred position. I thought her speed was a key today.
Speaking of Dellacamera, I distinctly remember him calling some manner of Pittsburgh professional soccer years ago before I left the area in 1984.......but for the life of me, I couldn't remember who the team was.
Well, in doing a little digging, I learned he did Pittsburgh Spirit indoor games; hell, I had no recollection their games were even televised locally. But his name was always so memorable (well, maybe I thought a little weird).....actually, at the time, I thought it might have been a TV name. One thing I recall for sure is he went by JOHN PAUL in those days rather than JP.
Anyway, I also didn't realize he was a hockey guy......for the Thrashers or anyone else. As a part of that same digging, I learned he'd been a minor league hockey broadcaster, and got his "break" when Pens' broadcaster Mike Lange passed on a local offer from Bud(weiser) Sports to do indoor soccer; evidently, he recommended JPD for the job.
I guess one would have to say that was the beginning of US Soccer broadcasting history.