July 24, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: What was this call? Just watching the replay twice I don't see any option for offsides. 2 inches of the foot were over the line according to the VAR official from CONMEBOL.
July 24, 20241 yr Mascherano spent 25 years combined playing in CONMEBOL and La Liga. No way that was the biggest circus he's ever seen.
July 24, 20241 yr Author The only thing more disgraceful than giving Argentina 16 minutes of added time just so they can equalize ... would be letting the goal stand, stopping play, clearing the stadium, and then disallowing the score after a two-hour delay. Ahahahaha! That is too bizarre to be scripted.
July 24, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, Helobious said: Imagine thinking international soccer games aren’t straight up fixed. This guy wrote a great book on it. The Olympic tournament is perfect for it: https://www.amazon.com/Fix-Soccer-Organized-Crime/dp/077104139X
July 24, 20241 yr LOL - this is so busted, I was able to get to the FIFA page on the match showing both the Morocco win and the draw.
July 24, 20241 yr Brunette on the right at the 22 second mark of the tweet below may be the most beautiful fan at the Olympics. Edited July 24, 20241 yr by Jive Turkey
July 24, 20241 yr 2 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said: Brunette on the right at the 22 second mark of the tweet below may be the most beautiful fan at the Olympics. 2,1 But let's not be too hasty. Its only day -2 of the Olympics and they are in France.
July 24, 20241 yr Argentina won the Copa. They can take this loss to their ego. Oh wait, it is Argentina. Invasion of Morocco starts in 1,2,3. The Belgrano is heading that way. Oh wait.
July 24, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, InkaUtexas said: Argentina won the Copa. They can take this loss to their ego. Oh wait, it is Argentina. Invasion of Morocco starts in 1,2,3. The Belgrano is heading that way. Oh wait.
July 24, 20241 yr 40 minutes ago, ztejas said: We gonna do our game here or in the NT thread? 34 minutes ago, tokamak said: I vote for a new thread here in the Olympics forum
July 24, 20241 yr Author Just now, Captain Ron said: Jokes aside I think we should have a US Soccer game thread for all the matches.
July 24, 20241 yr Just now, Captain Ron said: Jokes aside I think we should have a US Soccer game thread for all the matches. correct - we will have one thread for all US Olympic matches, after the Olympics I'll merge it in the USMNT thread.
July 24, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, immamac said: correct - we will have one thread for all US Olympic matches, after the Olympics I'll merge it in the USMNT thread. No reason to merge it if a the entire thread can be moved so easier to see.
July 24, 20241 yr 12 minutes of stoppage time in Iraq/Ukraine. and they played 13 minutes. better get used to it.
July 24, 20241 yr 4 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said: 12 minutes of stoppage time in Iraq/Ukraine. and they played 13 minutes. better get used to it. War-torn countries without working clocks. 1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said: Argentina won the Copa. They can take this loss to their ego. Oh wait, it is Argentina. Invasion of Morocco starts in 1,2,3. The Belgrano is heading that way. Oh wait. I don’t believe that Argentina has any working air force planes. Most of the military is trained to prevent a coup. (Or to support one, depending on who is in power.)
July 25, 20241 yr women's play starts today. Japan v. Spain is the big group stage matchup this morning. Japan just took a 1-0 lead on a wondergoal from Aoba of Japan. Edited July 25, 20241 yr by Jive Turkey
July 25, 20241 yr Author Rest of the World: When will the bowl haircut go out of fashion? Japan: Never.
July 25, 20241 yr France beating Colombia 3-2 in added time. 10 minutes added. Colombia was sharp in the Women's World Cup. playing France tough on the road and down a woman.
July 27, 20241 yr Author Spain scores early versus the Dominican but the Quisqueyanos equalize about 15 minutes later.
July 27, 20241 yr Author After two Dominicans simulate being mortally wounded on only slight contact, another Dominican flagrantly kicks at a Spaniard's jewels and is shown straight red. Never change, CONCACAF.
July 27, 20241 yr Egypt ties it up. 1-1. 3 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said: After two Dominicans simulate being mortally wounded on only slight contact, another Dominican flagrantly kicks at a Spaniard's jewels and is shown straight red. Never change, CONCACAF. Dominicans give zero fucks about soccer. But they hate the Spanish so this dude will be a national hero.
July 27, 20241 yr France fucking around and probably should be down a goal at half. Guinea has had two goals taken off the board after VAR offsides calls. Questionable.
July 29, 20241 yr I was looking at the standings - the women's side is still very much open, with no one yet eliminated. The big one is Canada who sit at 0 points after being docked 6 for their coach spying on other teams. They have one of the easier roads to the KO stage: They need 2 things: Win against New Zealand And 1 of the following teams must lose: Colombia (v France) France (v Colombia) Germany (v Zambia) Australia (v United States) Japan (v Nigeria) Brazil (v Spain) A Colombia or France loss would send Canada through as the #2 team in their group, while the other 4 teams would send them through as a 3rd place team. The big thing for Canada is that unlike other teams at 0 or 3 points, their GD is great and ideally should beat anyone in a H2H matchup for seeding.
July 30, 20241 yr Morocco leaving no doubts out there. They are up 3-0 right now with just over 5 minutes left in the first half. Ukraine/Argentina still knotted up at 0-0.
July 31, 20241 yr On 7/29/2024 at 9:26 AM, Captain Ron said: I was looking at the standings - the women's side is still very much open, with no one yet eliminated. The big one is Canada who sit at 0 points after being docked 6 for their coach spying on other teams. They have one of the easier roads to the KO stage: They need 2 things: Win against New Zealand And 1 of the following teams must lose: Colombia (v France) France (v Colombia) Germany (v Zambia) Australia (v United States) Japan (v Nigeria) Brazil (v Spain) A Colombia or France loss would send Canada through as the #2 team in their group, while the other 4 teams would send them through as a 3rd place team. The big thing for Canada is that unlike other teams at 0 or 3 points, their GD is great and ideally should beat anyone in a H2H matchup for seeding. I don't know what the fuck I was looking at. Today isn't Canada-New Zealand, Colombia-France. Today Canada plays Colombia. And it's simple - win and move on as the #2 team. And in the event that New Zealand can pull an upset, Canada can be the #1 team in the group!
July 31, 20241 yr This might be the last image we ever see of Marta, a straight red against Spain. Not much to be debated on this call. I will say this, for US fans, she is easily the villain of the story of soccer. But she might just be misunderstood. I recommend watching this video (spoilered for space). It likely won't change your view on her, but it might: Spoiler
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