Women's World Cup

[UNI88]

Where's Horny? How did he miss starting this thread? Somebody wake him up.

[UNI88]

Ireland scores their first every Women's World Cup goal on this beauty ...

[UNI88]

USA vs the Netherlands tonight!

US ready for Netherlands rematch at Women's World Cup 2023

From the moment the draw for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup came out last October, there was one match among the group stage games that stood out: The U.S. vs. the Netherlands.

[Vidav]

USA vs the Netherlands tonight!

US ready for Netherlands rematch at Women's World Cup 2023

From the moment the draw for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup came out last October, there was one match among the group stage games that stood out: The U.S. vs. the Netherlands.

Disappointing match.

[GannonFan]

USA vs the Netherlands tonight!

US ready for Netherlands rematch at Women's World Cup 2023

Disappointing match.

It is what it is. The days of the US simply being able to out-athlete other nations in women's soccer are probably over. Now that professional clubs in Europe are putting real money into women's soccer our advantage of actually valuing women's sports compared to how other countries value them is getting smaller. We're still pretty good though.

[UNI88]

Disappointing match.

It is what it is. The days of the US simply being able to out-athlete other nations in women's soccer are probably over. Now that professional clubs in Europe are putting real money into women's soccer our advantage of actually valuing women's sports compared to how other countries value them is getting smaller. We're still pretty good though.

The US looked flat in the first half. The Horan vs Van de Donk theatrics seemed to fire them up and led to Horan's goal.

[SuperHornet]

I'm sorry. Somebody broke in and stole my laptop while I was camping last week.

I just gotta say that the officiating has been horrendous. The zebras tried to hand this morning's FRA-BRA match to Brazil on a silver platter. They missed a clear BRA red card in the first half and let go two clear FRA penalty kicks that SHOULD have made the score 3-0 in favor of FRA by the time the best player in the world scored in the 11th minute off an incredible header. All match long, they were calling rinky-dink cr@p against FRA and letting obvious cr@p that should have been called against BRA go. Fortunately, Renard scored in the second half to seal the win.

Somehow, I missed the removal of Eugenie Le Sommer late in the second half while I was making my weekend breakfast mess. I wonder what was going through the coach's mind when THAT happened.

[UNI88]

US ties Portugal to advance.

Just the 2nd time in 9 World Cups that the women haven't won their group.

They better remove their heads from their rectums if they want to win this thing.

[UNI88]

US ties Portugal to advance.

Just the 2nd time in 9 World Cups that the women haven't won their group.

They better remove their heads from their rectums and play with more fire if they want to win this thing.

[GannonFan]

US ties Portugal to advance.

Just the 2nd time in 9 World Cups that the women haven't won their group.

They better remove their heads from their rectums and play with more fire if they want to win this thing.

They're starting to look like the US men in some regard - they don't have a lot of creativity in the offensive end, especially in the box, to actually score. They have a lot of really good players, just not a lot of really good goal scorers.

[SuperHornet]

A lot of angst over Carly Lloyd calling the US players out over this.

[GannonFan]

A lot of angst over Carly Lloyd calling the US players out over this.

They're not used to criticism, they don't like it. They're not playing well, especially on the offensive end. The criticism is warranted.

[SuperHornet]

I was quite surprised this morning to find that my favorite active player was left on the bench today, but then again, France didn't really need her. They beat their opponents to win the group and advance to the Knockout Rounds.

[SuperHornet]

Final Group Play Standings

x - Group Runner-Up
y - Group Champ
z - Eliminated

Group A

y-SUI 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
x-NOR 1 1 1 6 1 +5 4
z-NZL (H) 1 1 1 1 1 +/-0 4
z-PHP 1 0 2 1 8 -7 3

NZL d. NOR 1-0 20 JUL 23
SUI d. PHP 2-0 21 JUL 23
PHP d. NZL 1-0 25 JUL 23
SUI drew NOR 0-0 25 JUL 23
SUI drew NZL 0-0 30 JUL 23
NOR d. PHP 6-0 30 JUL 23

Group B

y-AUS (H) 2 0 2 7 3 +4 6
x-NGA 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
z-CAN 1 1 1 2 5 -3 4
z-IRL 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1

AUS d. IRL 1-0 20 JUL 23
NGA drew CAN 0-0 21 JUL 23
CAN d. IRL 2-1 26 JUL 23
NGA d. AUS 3-2 27 JUL 23
AUS d. CAN 4-0 31 JUL 23
IRL drew NGA 0-0 31 JUL 23

Group C

y-JPN 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9
x-ESP 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
z-ZAM 1 0 2 3 11 -8 3
z-CSC 0 0 3 1 8 -7 0

ESP d. CSC 3-0 21 JUL 23
JPN d. ZAM 5-0 22 JUL 23
JPN d. CSC 2-0 26 JUL 23
ESP d. ZAM 5-0 26 JUL 23
JPN d. ESP 4-0 31 JUL 23
ZAM d. CSC 3-1 31 JUL 23

Group D

y-ENG 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
x-DEN 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
z-CHN 1 0 2 2 7 -5 3
z-HAI 0 0 3 0 4 -4 0

ENG d. HAI 1-0 22 JUL 23
DEN d. CHN 1-0 22 JUL 23
ENG d. DEN 1-0 28 JUL 23
CHN d. HAI 1-0 28 JUL 23
ENG d. CHN 6-1 01 AUG 23
DEN d. HAI 2-0 01 AUG 23

Group E

y-NED 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7
x-USA 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
z-POR 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
z-VIE 0 0 3 0 12 -12 0

USA d. VIE 3-0 22 JUL 23
NED d. POR 1-0 23 JUL 23
USA drew NED 1-1 27 JUL 23
POR d. VIE 2-0 27 JUL 23
POR drew USA 0-0 01 AUG 23
NED d. VIE 7-0 01 AUG 23

Group F

y-FRA 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
x-JAM 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
z-BRA 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
z-PAN 0 0 3 3 11 -8 0

FRA drew JAM 0-0 23 JUL 23
BRA d. PAN 4-0 24 JUL 23
FRA d. BRA 2-1 29 JUL 23
JAM d. PAN 1-0 29 JUL 23
FRA d. PAN 6-3 02 AUG 23
JAM drew BRA 0-0 02 AUG 23

Group G

y-SWE 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9
x-RSA 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
z-ITA 1 0 2 3 8 -5 3
z-ARG 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1

SWE d. RSA 2-1 23 JUL 23
ITA d. ARG 1-0 24 JUL 23
ARG drew RSA 2-2 28 JUL 23
SWE d. ITA 5-0 29 JUL 23
SWE d. ARG 2-0 02 AUG 23
RSA d. ITA 3-2 02 AUG 23

Group H

y-COL 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
x-MOR 2 0 1 2 6 -4 6
z-GER 1 1 1 8 3 +5 4
z-ROK 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1

GER d. MOR 6-0 24 JUL 23
COL d. ROK 2-0 25 JUL 23
MOR d. ROK 1-0 30 JUL 23
COL d. GER 2-1 30 JUL 23
ROK drew GER 1-1 03 AUG 23
MOR d. COL 1-0 03 AUG 23

[SuperHornet]

Knockout Stage
Set your DVRs. These are all WAY early on the West Coast of the USA.

Round of 16

SUI vs. ESP at Auckland, NZL 2200 PDT 04 AUG 23
NED vs. RSA at Sydney, AUS (Football) 1900 PDT 05 AUG 23

JPN vs. NOR at Wellington, NZL 0100 PDT 05 AUG 23
SWE vs. USA at Melbourne, AUS 0200 PDT 06 AUG 23

AUS (H) vs. DEN at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Australia) 0330 PDT 07 AUG 23
FRA vs. MOR at Adelaide, AUS 0400 PDT 08 AUG 23

ENG vs NGA at Brisbane, AUS 0030 PDT 07 AUG 23
COL vs. JAM at Melbourne, 0100 PDT AUS 08 AUG 23

Quarterfinals

SUI-ESP winner vs. NED-RSA winner at Wellington, NZL 1800 PDT 10 AUG 23
JPN-NOR winner vs. SWE-USA winner at Auckland, NZL 0030 PDT 11 AUG 23

AUS-DEN winner vs. FRA-MOR winner at Brisbane, AUS 0000 PDT 12 AUG 23
ENG-NGA winner vs. COL-JAM winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Australia) 0330 12 AUG 23

Semifinals

QF1 winner vs. QF2 winner at Auckland, NZL 0100 PDT 15 AUG 23
QF3 winner vs. QF4 winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Australia) 0300 PDT 16 AUG 23

Third Place Game

SF1 loser vs. SF2 loser at Brisbane, AUS 0100 PDT 19 AUG 23

Final

SF1 winner vs. SF2 winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Sydney) 0300 PDT 20 AUG 23

[Vidav]

A lot of angst over Carly Lloyd calling the US players out over this.

They're not used to criticism, they don't like it. They're not playing well, especially on the offensive end. The criticism is warranted.

I admit to being a very casual fan so don't know a lot of the tactics and strategies etc but I see a lot of complaining online about the coaching. Not using subs properly and not having the team ready to go.

[SuperHornet]

Round of 16

ESP d. SUI 5-1 04 AUG 23
NED d. RSA 2-0 05 AUG 23 (RSA player stretchered off; NED star MF Danielle van de Donk suspended 1 match for 2nd YC)

JPN d. NOR 3-1 05 AUG 23
SWE d. USA 0-0 (SWE advances 5-4 in shootout; my DVR cr@pped out at the end of overtime, so I didn't see the shootout) 06 AUG 23

AUS (H) d. DEN 2-0 07 AUG 23
FRA d. MOR 4-0 08 AUG 23

ENG d. NGA 0-0 (ENG advances 4-2 in shootout) 07 AUG 23
COL d. JAM 1-0 08 AUG 23

Quarterfinals

ESP vs. NED at Wellington, NZL 1800 PDT 10 AUG 23
JPN vs. SWE at Auckland, NZL 0030 PDT 11 AUG 23

AUS (H) vs. FRA-MOR winner at Brisbane, AUS 0000 PDT 12 AUG 23
ENG vs. COL-JAM winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Australia) 0330 12 AUG 23

Semifinals

QF1 winner vs. QF2 winner at Auckland, NZL 0100 PDT 15 AUG 23
QF3 winner vs. QF4 winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Australia) 0300 PDT 16 AUG 23

Third Place Game

SF1 loser vs. SF2 loser at Brisbane, AUS 0100 PDT 19 AUG 23

Final

SF1 winner vs. SF2 winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Sydney) 0300 PDT 20 AUG 23

[Gil Dobie]

Swedes In a shootout.

[SuperHornet]

I finally got to see the shootout on FS1 replay. While I've been primarily rooting for France throughout this entire World Cup, as far as I'm concerned, USA got robbed. The officials called next to nothing on obvious SWE fouls, the Ertz YC was completely bogus, and the way they've borrowed the WTA's "technology" is completely wrong; it carries the appearance of a predetermined result animated for our alleged benefit.

On the other hand, USA shot itself in the foot with a game-long failure to break down the SWE defense, overshooting passes, and getting no power on what few shots they had, all of which seemed to go directly to the SWE netminder. The commentators were practically kissing that goaltender's feet, but she didn't have to do anything more than catch weak dribblers coming her way. The substitution pattern by the US coach was horrible, replacing a decent Alex Morgan with Megan Rapinoe, who had NOTHING today. Were Rapinoe to be a sub, she should have replaced someone else. The decision to bring in two subs in the 120th minute was also questionable; one doinked one off the side post. I'm not going to throw any shade on the US goaltender, however; she was incredible all game long, coming out of the box for huge saves, and drilled one during the shootout.

So, it seems as if bad coaching and worse officiating doomed the US. Of course, that's just SH's opinion, which may well be suspect, since I do have a history of getting cussed out by my own goalie for letting in an own goal as a fullback during the one year I played youth soccer....

[GannonFan]

No matter the substitution pattern, their biggest weakness was the inability to have any finishing skill in and around the goal - they just didn't have any real strikers. Heck, they only managed to put 3 up against Vietnam. This just wasn't an offensively talented team and that made them more susceptible to losing, especially losing in a shoot-out. Really good team with a really glaring weakness.

[CID1990]

I watched 2 matches in this WC and women’s soccer is exactly like the men’s …. Except in slo mo, and they kick the ball at 50% power and it travels half the distance than it does in the men’s games. TBH I think Rapinoe is correct… a couple trans women would probably greatly improve the women’s national team.


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[houndawg]

No matter the substitution pattern, their biggest weakness was the inability to have any finishing skill in and around the goal - they just didn't have any real strikers. Heck, they only managed to put 3 up against Vietnam. This just wasn't an offensively talented team and that made them more susceptible to losing, especially losing in a shoot-out. Really good team with a really glaring weakness.

Macrio and Swanson 's injuries were huge no doubt. The game was a textbook example of the old wheeze about if the best team always won the game wouldn't need ro be played. Shots on goal 11 to 1 US, and Sweden didn't get their's until the 86th minute.

[houndawg]

I finally got to see the shootout on FS1 replay. While I've been primarily rooting for France throughout this entire World Cup, as far as I'm concerned, USA got robbed. The officials called next to nothing on obvious SWE fouls, the Ertz YC was completely bogus, and the way they've borrowed the WTA's "technology" is completely wrong; it carries the appearance of a predetermined result animated for our alleged benefit.

On the other hand, USA shot itself in the foot with a game-long failure to break down the SWE defense, overshooting passes, and getting no power on what few shots they had, all of which seemed to go directly to the SWE netminder. The commentators were practically kissing that goaltender's feet, but she didn't have to do anything more than catch weak dribblers coming her way. The substitution pattern by the US coach was horrible, replacing a decent Alex Morgan with Megan Rapinoe, who had NOTHING today. Were Rapinoe to be a sub, she should have replaced someone else. The decision to bring in two subs in the 120th minute was also questionable; one doinked one off the side post. I'm not going to throw any shade on the US goaltender, however; she was incredible all game long, coming out of the box for huge saves, and drilled one during the shootout.

So, it seems as if bad coaching and worse officiating doomed the US. Of course, that's just SH's opinion, which may well be suspect, since I do have a history of getting cussed out by my own goalie for letting in an own goal as a fullback during the one year I played youth soccer....

Wow. Swedens goalie was on fire and the US had 11 shots on goal, many of which were way more than weak dribblers, to 1 for Sweden that didn't come until the 86th minute. It didn't seem obvious to you that Sweden's strategy was to hang back on defense and look to catch the US making a mistake they could capitalize on? We played more than well enough to win and reports of our death are greatly exaggerated.The World Cups have always been filled with games where the better team didn't advance.

[houndawg]

I watched 2 matches in this WC and women’s soccer is exactly like the men’s …. Except in slo mo, and they kick the ball at 50% power and it travels half the distance than it does in the men’s games. TBH I think Rapinoe is correct… a couple trans women would probably greatly improve the women’s national team.


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probably why they have separate divisions

[SuperHornet]

Quarterfinals

ESP d. NED 2-1 OT 10 AUG 23
SWE d. JPN 2-1 11 AUG 23 (Dominated early; almost let it get away at end. JPN had ZERO shots in 1st half and doinked a PK off the crossbar in the second half before scoring very similar to the PK off a direct free kick just outside the box.)

AUS (H) d. FRA 0-0 (7-6 SO) 12 AUG 23
ENG d. COL 2-1 12 AUG 23

Semifinals

ESP vs. SWE at Auckland, NZL 0100 PDT 15 AUG 23
AUS vs. ENG at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Australia) 0300 PDT 16 AUG 23

Third Place Game

ESP-SWE loser vs. AUS-ENG loser at Brisbane, AUS 0100 PDT 19 AUG 23

Final

ESP-SWE winner vs. AUS-ENG winner at Sydney, AUS (Stadium Sydney) 0300 PDT 20 AUG 23